Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector has experienced major adjustments resulting from political and economic changes since it was first colonized by European settlers in 1890. The government, prior to…
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector has experienced major adjustments resulting from political and economic changes since it was first colonized by European settlers in 1890. The government, prior to…
This case study of Zimbabwe has examined developments in biotechnology against the background of a welldeveloped
national agricultural research, plant breeding and seeds system. It has then assessed…
Insect pests severely limit the production of maize, one of the most important cereal crops worldwide. Losses reach millions of dollars annually. Control includes cultural, chemical, and bio-logical …
WHY HAVE PEASANT farmers in Africa not adopted modern agricultural technology more readily? In the past the most common diagnosis was peasant ignorance or cultural conservatism. The answer then '…
WHY HAVE PEASANT farmers in Africa not adopted modern agricultural technology more readily? In the past the most common diagnosis was peasant ignorance or cultural conservatism. The answer then '…
Many of the weeds, pets,and diseases of groundnuts in Zimbabwe are problems in other groundnut growing areas in Southern Africa, but their relative importance obviously varies from country to country…
Arthropods, the group of joint-limbed animals to which insects belong, have been evolving for about 350 million years, compared to less than two million for human beings. Insects have been such…