Co-Authors I. P. Anderson, P. J. Brinn, M. Moyo and B. Nyamwanza Bulletin 60 © Crown copyright 1993 The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is an internationally recognized centre of expertise on the natural resources sector in developing countries. It forms an integral part of the British Government’s overseas aid programme. Its principal aim is to alleviate poverty and hardship in developing countries by increasing the productivity of their renewable natural resources. NRl’s main fields of expertise are resource assessment and farming systems, integrated pest management, food science and crop utilization.
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Publisher The scientific arm of the Overseas Development Administration Publisher date 1993 Category Agriculture Language English
The Bulletin series presents the results of research and practical scientific work carried out by the Natural Resources Institute. It covers a wide spectrum of topics relevant to development issues ranging from land use assessment, through agricultural production and protection, to storage and processing.
Each Bulletin presents a detailed synthesis of the results and conclusions of work carried out within one specialized area, and will be of particular relevance to colleagues within that field and others working on sustainable resource management in developing countries.
Physical Resource Inventory of the Communal Land$ of Zimbabwe provides a medium-scale, co-ordinated overview of the communal lands. The basic unit of description, the land unit, is al) area defined by common physiographic and geological attributes. Soil and landform characteristics within each land unit are used to assess general constraints and potentials for dryland and irrigated farming.
The results and map at I:500 000 scale are intended as a framework for the transfer of agricultural technology, the selection of projects and as a basis for defining development priorities.