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dc.contributor.authorCole, Desiree L.
dc.contributor.authorCole, James S.
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabwe.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-19T07:56:55Z
dc.date.available2015-08-19T07:56:55Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationCole, D.L. and Cole, J.S. (2006) Tobacco Research and Development. In: Rukuni, M., Tawonezvi, P. and Eicher, C. (eds.) Zimbabwe's Agricultural Revolution Revisited. UZ, Mt. Pleasant, Harare: UZ Publications, pp. 403-417en
dc.identifier.isbn0869241419
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6790
dc.descriptionA book chapter on Zimbabwe tobacco research and its development.en
dc.description.abstractZimbabwe became the third largest exporter of high quality tobacco in the world, although the tobacco industry originated from modest beginnings. The production of tobacco was started by the indigenous population before the arrival of white settlers. Later, a small group of white farmers planted it as a potentially profitable venture before the end of the nineteenth century. In 1905,100 farmers were growing the crop and by 1910 about 90,000kgs of flue-cured tobacco were being exported annually to Britain (Haviland, 1952). Sustainable production of any product hinges on its research and development. In the many changes of fortune that occurred during the ensuing years it became obvious that the internationally orientated export industry required specialized and up-to-date research support to solve the problems that were increasingly besetting growers.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectRural Developmenten
dc.titleTobacco Research and Developmenten
dc.typeBook chapteren
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ)en


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