The development and promotion of conservation farming (CF) practices has been an important component of many rural development projects in Africa and their adoption has varied across the continent. This study focuses on determining the impact of CF and its main components: crop rotation, residue...
Download PDF ↓Introduction: Durability of the first highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen is a major key to long term access, scalability and sustainability of an HIV treatment program. It is important to know the incidence rate of initial HAART regimen change, the reasons and factors associated...
Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are an important food as a source of protein and fit well in the farming system of smallholders in Zambia. Unfortunately the grain is prone to stor-age losses mainly due to storage insects. Bruchid (Callosobruchus maculatus) attack on dry beans is a serious storage...
Download PDF ↓The Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ), established through Act of Parliament number 15 of 1983, is the national examination council that sets and conducts examinations and awards Certificates or Diplomas to successful candidates. When results are ready, the Minister of Education makes an...
Download PDF ↓According to the 2003 Zambia Central Board of Health (CBoH) report, the total number of people affected by HIV and AIDS within the working population is large and growing, the report further approximates that 1.6 million adult Zambians are currently living with HIV (UNAIDS: 2006). The report...
Download PDF ↓This study sought to find out perceptions that primary school teachers have on their training and preparation in classroom questioning skills in primary teachers’ colleges of education. The study was guided by the following questions: 1) what are the perceptions primary school teachers have on...
Download PDF ↓The study investigated school factors that contribute to pupils dropping out of school among primary school pupils in Solwezi district of Zambia. School factors are more detrimental because they create a negative image about school which make it difficult not only for school dropouts to be...
Download PDF ↓Zambia has a number of cowpea germplasm which are high yielding and contain antioxidants which are useful for preventing a lot of health problems i.e. Heart attack, Hypertension, Obesity and Cancer. Unfortunately the production suitability of these germplasm in the different areas of the country...
Download PDF ↓The Zambian Government has been engaged in enhancing the payment systems financial subsector as a means of expanding formal financial inclusion. Payment systems are seen as especially advantageous for citizens unable to access ‘brick and mortar’ banks. This is due to the systems’ utilisation of...
Download PDF ↓Although the Zambian government has put in place the New Breakthrough to Literacy to help grade one pupils read local languages, studies show that some children who have gone through NBTL fail to break through to literacy. The questions on the mind of parents and scholars in Zambia is why is the...
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