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The present economic deflationary conditions in which there is very little cashchasing a lot of goods, now requires entrepreneurial skills if one is to put food on his or her plate. The high unemployment rate prevalent in Zimbabwe, is also calling for creative minds that can come up with innovative business ideas. It is out of this situation that the Chipinge rural women had the intuitive to embark on a lucrative business venture of beekeeping, a business domain which was culturally always reserved for man.The focal point of this paper is to find out how the entrepreneurial skills of these rural women of Chipinge District have managed to salvage themout ofpoverty. This study is based on 56 women of South Down rural area ofChipinge District found in ward 8, who are into beekeeping.This is a qualitative and as well as a quantitative research in which purposive sampling technique was used as an instrument to select the 56 women as respondents for this research. Interviews and a structured questionnaire were used as instrumentsto collect data from the field. The most important finding of this study is that beekeeping is a business venture which does not only create employment but most importantly it brings in lucrative income for these women. Again the beekeeping business has managed to provide significant income for the women to pay school and medical fees for their children. It has also enabled the women to buy clothing, food, household goods and establish a reasonably decent life for themselves. This research is to assist central government in the formulation of rural development policies for poverty alleviation. Again the research is to become an insight into the formulation of environmental management policies for the sustainable uses of natural resources.

Women and Entrepreneurship for Poverty Alleviation: A Case of beekeeping in Chipinge Rural Areas, Zimbabwe