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TILCOR-Sanyati Irrigation: A case of development within the decentralisation policy context in colonial Zimbabwe, 1956-1980.
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2015)
Extensive global and African scholarship exists on how decentralisation has been
implemented to achieve rural growth. Pre-eminent scholars like Liihring, Mutizwa-
Mangiza, Fortmann and Hankla contend that decentralisation ...
Development of irrigation guidelines for citrus under drip irrigation in Zimbabwe
(2012-09-13)
This study was carried out to develop drip irrigation guidelines for citrus in Zimbabwe. In order to achieve this, the average ETo values for the study site were derived from climatic data. The study, which was carried out ...
Technical efficiency of sprinkler irrigation in Swaziland: a case study of the Lusip Phase 1 in Lubovane area
(2013-11)
The purpose of this study was to assess the technical efficiency of sprinkler irrigation of smallholder sugarcane scheme in the Lubovane area of Swaziland in terms of design parameters, frequency of water application, ...
Water and the environment in southern Africa: A review of the literature since 1990.
(AOSIS (African Online Scientific Information Systems), 2019-11-13)
This article is a review of the dominant literature on water issues, water rights and the environment in southern Africa. Being the first in a series of reviews of different regions, it is framed through a survey of national ...
A flexible plant based irrigation control for greenhouse crops
(2012-09-13)
The project sought to minimize water use, improve water use efficiency and improve crop productivity for greenhouse crops. A flexible plant based automated irrigation system was designed and implemented for a tomato crop ...
A flexible computer based irrigation control system
(2012-09-13)
The project seeks to investigate the possibility of efficient water use in irrigation scheduling systems through the use of a designed flexible computer based irrigation control system. One of the specific objectives of ...
Monitoring the simultaneous response of various water status indicators for use in the irrigation scheduling and drought stress detection of a greenhouse tomato crop.
(2012-09-07)
An experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe to test the use of various plant water status indicators for use in the irrigation scheduling and water stress ...