98 BOOK REVIEWSpersistent conflicts for successful integration. A debate on this has thusbeen set in motion in Chapter Four of this volume.The volume would make interesting reading for policy-makers in theregion and probably could be useful as a reference book for undergraduatestudents.University of Zimbabwe B. KHUMALOWomen and Food Security: The Experience of the SADCC CountriesEdited by Marilyn Can with an Introduction by Anna Makimba. London,Intermediate Technology Publications, 1991, 210pp., ISBN 85339-109-3,S19.50.This book comprises papers presented at a meeting of Southern AfricanDevelopment Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) authorities on women'saffairs in Arusha (Tanzania) in 1988. The papers are publishedanonymously.The articles contained cover nine countries: Angola, Botswana,Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.The articles provide background information on women's income-generating activities focussing specifically on land use and the kinds oftechnologies which may be available for use by women in all the ninecountries.The articles underscore the major role which women in the SADCCregion play in the production, processing and marketing of food, but at thesame time note that women nave been. . . constrained from contributing fully to the development of this sector by thelack of availability of efficient technologies relating to their tasks, as well as lack ofaccess to those technologies which do exist (Makimba, p. vi).The main concern of this book, therefore, is to discuss and to makerecommendations as to what should be done in order to minimize theconstraints which face women in their efforts to contribute to theproduction and processing of food in their respective countries.An article giving background information on Malawi ends with twoimportant points: that more baseline information to monitor the efficiencyof technologies should be consistently gathered; and, secondly, thatimproved equipment which increases ground cover and reduces the needfor several weedings should be introduced.The issue of technology is referred to in all the other articles indifferent ways. The article on Botswana, for instance, argues strongly that'unless technology is a tool of liberation, and is designed to qualitativelyimprove the life of the majority, it is of little use in developing Botswana'(p. 69).BOOK REVIEWS 99But the introduction of any technology should go together with otherfactors, namely money, training and the availability of raw materials. Inthis regard, the articles in the book call for the introduction of specialcourses in the fields of processing, preservation, and storage of agriculturalproduce in local institutions of learning. Besides, the articles recommendthat women in para-professions associated with the identified technologiesshould be trained in the various technical skills so that they are able toacquire, learn, and understand the engineering and related detailsembodied in the technologies.Women and Food Security contains information about the nine countriesas well as suggestions for further study which local academics and policymakers should seriously examine because, as the article on Zimbabwenotes:Some of the technologies developed at public research centres have been designedby scientists who have little or no understanding of the communal women whoshould benefit from the introduction of the technology. There is a general failure toaddress women's real priorities, failure to include input from women with a choiceof alternatives, and failure to establish any viable communication networks at thelocal level to assess community-level impact (p. 81-82).The book, however, contains one major weakness. Although the writersof the articles correctly pay attention to the roles and needs of women indevelopmental processes, they fail to relate these roles and needs tothose of men. If developmental innovation is to be successful, plannersneed to attend to both men and women.The editing and printing is good, but the book contains no index andonly four of the articles refer to other sources. Nevertheless, Women andFood Security provides a welcome addition to the existing literature onwomen, food security and technology.University of Zimbabwe c. G. MARARKEZimbabwe Š (World Bibliographic Series: Volume 4) Revised andexpanded edition Compiled By Deborah Potts. Oxford, Clio Press, 1993,xxxi, 368 pp., ISBN 1-85109-195-5, S56.50.Each volume in the World Bibliographic Series consists of annotated entrieson works dealing with many aspects of the country concerned. The intendedobjective is to reflect each country's culture and 'its place in the world,the qualities and background that make it unique'. Volume 4 is on Zimbabwe.The Bibliography's publication is timely, i.e., 13 years after Independence,when Zimbabwe is fully immersed in an Economic Structural AdjustmentProgramme and when major changes are taking place in Southern Africa.The volume is divided into 36 chapters covering broad subject areas.There is a special listing of periodicals, encyclopaedias and directories,