Groundnut in Southern Africa -Its Status and Research RequirementsS NNigamauthorThe region covered by the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) member countries, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, is very large and diverse. It lies between the Atlantic (1IOE) and Indian Oceans (410E) and stretches from near the equator to about 30··S, and has total area of 4.9 million km2• In elevation, it ranges from sea level to mountains of over 3,500 metres with the major part of the region being on a plateau with an elevation of between 900 and 3,000 meters. Although 95%.............Groundnut1983Conference or Workshop Item