Technical Handbook No. 6 – A Field Guide to Soil and Site Description in Zimbabwe

Accession Number	AA-WEB-0074
Author / Creator	J. G. Bennett (Chemistry and Soil Research Institute, Department of Research and Specialist Services)
Publisher	Zimbabwe Agricultural Journal / Information Services, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Harare
Year	1985
Record Type	Book
Collection	Website Only
Subject	Agriculture
Geography	Zimbabwe
Access Status	In House — Abantu Archives, Harare

Archival Significance

A government technical manual standardising soil and site description methodology for Zimbabwean agricultural research, part of a numbered handbook series produced by the same ministry responsible for the country’s land and agricultural policy.

Institutional Context

Published through the Zimbabwe Agricultural Journal / Information Services, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, and printed by the Government Printer.

Content Summary

Provides a field guide and standardised methodology for describing soil and site characteristics in Zimbabwean agricultural surveys.

Research Utility

Useful for researchers of Zimbabwean agricultural science and land-use policy, and as a technical reference for anyone working with related soil survey data from the period.

Abantu Archives Note

Held in-house.