Achievements in the agricultural research field in Zimbabwe

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Title:	Achievements in the agricultural research field in Zimbabwe
Author:	Grant, Jerry
Year:	2007
Periodical:	Heritage of Zimbabwe (ISSN 0556-9605)
Issue:	26
Pages:	151-167
Language:	English
Notes:	ills.
Geographic terms:	Zimbabwe Southern Africa
Subjects:	agricultural research Agriculture, Agronomy, Forestry Agriculture--Research
Abstract:	This is the text of a talk, presented in 2006 by the author, a former deputy director of the Department of Research & Specialist Services (R&SS) in Zimbabwe. He presents, in anecdotal form, the history of agricultural research in Zimbabwe, paying attention to the infrastructure in the private sector (such as the University of Zimbabwe, seed houses and various institutions and organizations) as well as the government's input into agricultural research (e.g. R&SS), and the cooperation between the two sectors. The author considers research carried out at various research stations on, amongst others, livestock and livestock parasites; intensive cattle feeding; pasture and range management; working environment; and access to research resources. A brief glance in the (not very bright) present situation and the future concludes the talk. [ASC Leiden abstract]