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Chronic flooding is one major annual disaster, whose effects have not been sparing the residents in Kuku, a low cost residential area in the urban District of Lusaka. It has been attributed by both natural and manmade factors such as the inability of the residential area to drain water, change of...

The problem of sedimentation and drying-up of rivers is very pronounced globally, continentally, and nationally. In Southern Zambia and, Lusitu River Catchment in particular, sedimentation and eventual drying up of the river during most parts of the year punctuated diverse environmental and...

Neglected and underutilized crops (NUCs) are useful species of crops which are largely overlooked by farmers, consumers, breeders, extentionists, researchers and policy makers. They represent a cluster of biodiversity with potential to solve food security problems among smallholder farmers in the...

Empirical evidence from a variety of different locations suggest that livelihoods diversification is happening. Rural households do indeed engage in multiple activities and rely on diversified income portfolios in order to increase their resilience to climate change effects (Ellis, 1997). In...

Daily rainfall amounts and distribution are known to be highly variable leading to either low crop yields or total crop failure in some parts of Zambia because many small scale farmers depend on it as a main source of moisture to support the growth of crops. Therefore, this study aims to provide...