The Evaluation Of Wild Environments In Zimbabwe : A Literature Review

A DLM Working Paper on conservation of natural resources.This paper is a synthesis of major international experience in the conservation of natural resources which has had little exposure in Zimbabwe but which has important implications as far as the future of this country, and indeed the world, is concerned. Comprehension of this knowledge is a prerequisite to the imperative changes in our economic view-of man and his world which must come about if our society is to avoid the apocalypse

A Time To Listen: A Perspective On Agricultural Policy In Zimbabwe

A DLM Working Paper on Zimbabwe's agricultural development policies

Information Systems And Small Farm Development

A DLM Working Paper on the importance of Information Systems to small farm development

Case Study: The Zimbabwe Cotton Marketing Board

A DLM Working paper on Zimbabwe's cotton industry.While cotton is indigenous to Zimbabwe, it was not grown as a commercial crop prior to the twentieth century. In l9l9 cotton seeds were distributed to large- scale farmers in Zimbabwe and the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation offered substantial prizes to encourage, cotton production. In the subsequent.few years, significant acreages of cotton were grown. (Muir, 1981a). In 1924 the Cotton Breeding Station was established at Kadoma. World cotton prices rose rapidly in the mid-1920’s and variety testing at the Cotton Breeding Station indicated that the American variety Bancroft was suitable for local conditions. A minor boom in Zimbabwean "cotton production followed with good yields and high "prices. The boom however, was short-lived as a rapid build-up of jassids (sucking insects which affect both yield and quality) devastated the crop. The area planted to cotton 'rose from 55hectares, in 1922 to 25 000 hectares, in 1927 Jassid attack reduced plantings to 340 hectares in 1928 (Muir 1981a)

The elusive peasant: Zimbabwe's agricultural policy, 1965-1986

A research paper on Zimbabwe's agricultural policy during the period 1965 to 1986.The prospect of attempting to analyse agricultural policy in Zimbabwe over the years 1965 to 1986 is daunting. The period includes some of the most dramatic political and natural shocks absorbed by the Zimbabwe economy this century. The year 1965 marks the illegal assumption of independence (UDI) by the previous Rhodesia government. UDI preceeded the most intense phase of the liberation war; a war which was largely fought over, and in, the farming areas of Zimbabwe. Between 1965 and 1980, the economy had to withstand the economic sanctions imposed against the Smith government, and the inflationary shocks of the massive oil price rises in the 1970s. Agriculture was severely hit by these combined blows with whole farm gross margins declining by 22 percent in real terms between 1973 and 1979 (Chavunduka, 1982). In 1980 came legal independence and a total reversal of government political ideology. A series of droughts, including an almost unprecedented three year drought from 1982-83 to 1984-85, put further pressure on the agricultural sector.US Agency For International Development (US-AID

Restructuring Agricultural Delivery Systems In Sub-Saharan Africa : A Case Study Of Zimbabwe

The thesis of the paper is that African smallholders, while numerically dominant in the agricultural systems of the continent, have been largely ignored in the evolution of agricultural policy. With respect to the provision of delivery systems, governments have typically favored the establishment of parastatal boards. The evidence suggests1 that these boards have performed poorly.’ Case studies of parastatals in Zimbabwe are used to illustrate how, in terms of’ delivery systems, it is necessary to mobilize both producer initiative' and government resource's in order to devise, systems -..that.’ effectively and efficiently. serve the:'smallholder producer. The argument is developed: that/the effectiveness- of agricultural delivery systems can be substantially improved by changing.the role of the state in their operation from that of manager to that of referee

CRAFTING SMALLHOLDER-DRIVEN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Personality science, resilience, and posttraumatic growth

PASTOR represents an innovative development in the study of resilience. This commentary highlights how PASTOR can help both clarify critical questions in and benefit from engaging with new research in personality science on behavioral flexibility across situations in addition to stability over time, and also clarify the relationship between resilience and posttraumatic growth