Wheat is an important economic cereal crop used in the production of a wide range of foods and other products. However, due to low wheat production (< 1.5 ton/ha) in acidic soils, and the country’s total demand of about 240,000 metric tones as at 2010, is unable to be met. Acid soils generally...
Download PDF ↓Maize is a major staple food crop widely grown in Zambia. Low soil fertility and high cost of chemical fertilizers are some of the major factors limiting maize productivity. The use and integration of legume green manure species in the cropping system is an important alternative to inorganic...
Download PDF ↓Information on genetic variability and stability of yield and yield components of sunflower in Zambia is lacking. The study was undertaken to determine the magnitude of yield; determine the relationships between yield and it's components; and estimate the heritability and stability of important...
Download PDF ↓Alley cropping offers great potential for increased and sustained crop production. However, there is currently limited understanding of the effects of maize/leucaena interactions on water distribution. A field trial was conducted to investigate the distribution of soil water and performance of...
Download PDF ↓Damage to sorghum and pearl millet by the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsk, is particularly high on small-scale farms. The control methods currently in use are based on the use of synthetic insecticides.The study was conducted to assess the effects of plant extracts from...
Download PDF ↓As small holder farmers intensify agricultural production, their land becomes more prone to soil degradation due to shorter or absence of fallow period. In order to use these pieces of land continuously, a deliberate soil management strategy which incorporates organic residues may provide...
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of split application of top dressing nitrogen fertiliser on grain yield and baking quality of four wheat varieties. The recommended top dressing fertiliser of 115 kg N/ha normally added at the 3-leaf stage was split in application. It was applied...
Download PDF ↓Soyabean (Glycine max (L) Merr.) has become an important crop in Zambia. Its increased production is hampered by several foliar diseases of which the anthracnose caused by Collectotrichum truncatum appear to be the most prevalent, than red leaf blotch cause by Dactuliochaeta glycines reported...
Download PDF ↓Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a tuber crop grown widely in Zambia by small scale farmers as a staple carbohydrate. The crop offers many advantages but its potential has been fully exploited. This failure has been in part due to poor production practices and the lack of improved planting...
Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean (L.) Verde.) is an indigenous African Leguminous crop, cultivated mainly by small-scale farmers in Zambia. The crop is grown predominantly for human consumption although it has potential for use in animal feeds and in many farming systems for soil amendments...