A research paper on vegetable crop production in rural ZimbabweA survey of horticultural crop production in Zimbabwe was carried out in 1988 in order to provide information relevant to the development of a strategy for horticultural research. This was needed in view of the obviously great potential for expansion of horticulture and the shortage, especially, of useful data on then-current production by communal area and other smallholder farmers. The data obtained was used in research planning but not hitherto published in any widely available formCIIFAD provided the funding for the workshop and for publication of these proceedings