Technology generation and transfer systems for communal areas of Zimbabwe after independence (1981 - 1991): a decade of institutional adaptation
1992
Madondo, B. (Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Mutare (Zimbabwe). Dept. of Agricultural Technical Extension Services)
The paper discusses the central government's post independence policy which emphasises on communal areas. There has been a dispersion of institutional responsibilities which have kept the policy and planning setting of strategies independent of each other. There has been a tendency of entrenching individual institutions, thereby creating a widening gulf despite efforts at creating linkages between them. Initiatives at facilitating closer linkages have been slowed down by a commitment on the part of the departments (Dept. of Research and Specialist Services and the Dept. of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services) to follow established procedure and maintain traditional norms. Both departments have suffered from the effects of poor co-ordination and collaboration of efforts. Resource constraints have affected both departments, inflation and increasing costs have become difficult to contain. They sacrifice other commitments in order to maintain their budgets. Both departments have not met their commitments in the generation of technology and release of communication messages to their clientele. The paper recommends that linkages between the departments be formalized under one legitimate authority and research and extension priorities be streamlined to meet the needs of sectors of emphasis
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