Jojoba plantations, the darlings fo the venture capital crowd in the early 1980s, turned out to be far more labor-intensive and capital-intensive than enayone had dreamed. So the promise of jojoba reamins merely a promise until cost-effective production can be realized. Illus

About 8000 acres of jojoba will be harvested in Arizona this year, but experts still don't know much about breeding, water needs, pest control, or mechanical harvesting, so competing in the world market is difficult