Occasional Paper No. 11

Institution	Laboratories	Libraries	Field Stations	Computers	Sharing of resources	Other Observations
1. SUA	Four. All in good condition & fairly well equipped	One central for university. More literature within faculty. Well equipped	Five. Two without supporting infrastructure.	Seventeen faculty computers. Have e-mail facilities.	Library, labs, & computers are shared across faculties and with other institutions	Buildings & other facilities are good physical condition.
2. TAFORI	Limited lab. facilities. Poorly equipped	Limited library facilities. Poorly equipped.	Seven centres. All with poor supporting facilities. Only three centres have equipment	Three with nine more expected. No e-mail facilities	Slight sharing with other institutions	Physical state of buildings & equipment at centres is very bad. No radio call facilities with centres. Backlog of unanalysed data for over 20 years
3. NTSP	Four. All in good condition and equipped	One small library at headquarters	Three zones, each with a lab. for seed testing	Twelve. Each zone has one. No e-mail facilities	Occasionally share resources with other institutions	Buildings and other facilities in good physical condition
4. IRA	One remote sensing lab., a printing section and other facilities. All well equipped	One central for university. One within the Institute. Well equipped	None	About 15 within the Institute. Has e-mail facilities	Library, labs and computers are shared across faculties and with other Institutions	Physical state of all facilities is good
5. UZIM	Several, adequate and in good state	One of the best in the region	None	About 80% of scientists have computers. There are computer labs for students. Has e-mail facilities	Sharing among university faculties only	Good physical state of facilities
6. ZIMFC	One well equipped and another poorly equipped at headquarters	Well equipped library	Three, eac with a lab. & supporting infrastructure	Has an interactive network with field stations	Shares resources with other institutions, especially labs.	Good physical condition of facilities
7. ZAMBIA	Three poorly equipped labs.	Two ill equipped libraries. Not receiving journals since 1988	Three, and are poory equipped	Five. No e-mail facilities	Benefits from other institutions	Good physical condition of buildings but not equipment
8. UZAM	Good lab. facilities	Fairly well equipped library	None	None	Shares facilities with other faculties in the university	Buildings and equipment in good physical condition
9. FRIM	Four and fairly well equipped & in good physical condition	A good library	Seven	Ten. No e-mail facilities	Loans and shares resources with ICRAF and university	Good physical condition of buildings and equipment
10. CEF	Three labs, two in poor condition	None	One, currently being refurbished	Two. Has e-mail through university	No sharing reported	The Centre will move to another location with new buildings for staff and labs
11. UEM	Three labs, two of which are poorly equipped	Shares library with rest faculty. Well equipped	One, with adequate supporting facilities	Nine. Has e-mail	Shares resources with rest of faculty and the Forestry Research Centre	Buildings and equipment in a satisfactory condition
12. USUTU	Inadequate, mostly externally sourced	Moderate facilities, has good external links, for example with ICFR	None	Good computer facility	Benefits from others in terms of library and lab. facilities	Buildings and equipment are in good condition
13. FAB					No sharing of resources reported	Housed in rented buildings
14. VELD	Poorly developed	None	None, but has a good nursery	Few. No e-mail	Benefits from sharing of facilities like labs with other institutions	Housed in rented buildings.
15. FORESTEK	Good and equipped	Good. Have access to CD-ROM	Has several field bases with supporting infrastructure	Every scientist has a computer and on LAN. Has e-mail facilities	Shares on contractual basis its resources	Good physical condition of buildings and equipment
16. ICFR	Several well equipped labs.	Has a very well resourced library	Has nurseries. Has two regional offices	Has a very powerful LAN with 54 terminals	Industry uses ICFR's resources and ICFR uses industry's labs.	Good physical condition of buildings and equipment
17. U. STELL	Well equipped labs. though some with fairly old equipment	Very good library facilities	None	Very well equipped and a LAN exists. Has e-mail facilities	Shares resources with other institutions	Buildings and equipment are in good condition
18. NAMIBIA	None	Poor	Has field trials in fairly good condition	Good. Has e-mail facilities	No sharing reported
19. LESOTHO	Poor	Fairly good	In fairly good condition	Poor	Limited sharing of resources	Buildings in good condition