A Field Document is essentially technical in nature. Its primary purpose is to inform the relevant staff of the Government of Zimbabwe, particularly AGRITEX staff, of a methodology or of a process (including, usually, the results of using that methodology/process) that is fairly well tested and could be seriously considered for incorporation into Government methods and processes.
The methodologies, processes and results described have been developed by the Programme team of AGRITEX and FAO personnel. In some cases staff from other Zimbabwean institutions have also been involved. The methodologies/processes should not be seen as new, but rather current ones which have been updated both through the incorporation of modern technologies and also the experience of the Programme's implementation of AGRITEX's development sequence, using a Farming Systems Development/Land Use Planning/Participatory Extension approach, in two pilot areas during 1993. The use of the phrase "fairly well tested" has been necessary because of the unexpectedly short time period available for field operations.
This Field Document is released under the authority of ZIM/91/005: "Programme of Technical Assistance to AGRITEX". It can be quoted with due acknowledgments to the author(s) and FAO/AGRITEX.
Brian B Scoullar
Chief Technical Adviser
February 1994
