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Soil acidity is a major constraint to crop productivity and lime, the primary amendment, is seldom effective when applied alone and it is not easily accessed by resource-poor farmers. Organic residues around the farm are seldom used as soil amendments. This study was conducted at the University...

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...

Increasing yield through selection for yield per se in most Agricultural Crops has been difficult to achieve since yield is quantitatively inherited with low heritability. A field experiment was carried out in 2010/11 growing season at Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana on twelve tomato genotypes...

This study was carried out during the 2008/09 season under irrigated conditions. It was conducted at the University of Zambia (UNZA), School of Agricultural Sciences Field Station. The objective of the study was to determine the yield response of selected varieties of a leafy vegetable, Rape...

Maize is Zambia’s staple food and is widely grown by smallholder farmers throughout the country. The productivity of this crop has been persistently low despite various private and public sector interventions. This paper determines the technical and allocative efficiency of smallholder maize...

There are indications that Moringa (Moringa oleifera) leaf meal can serve as a feed supplement supplying nutrients and natural antimicrobials/medicines in poultry chicken diets. Two experiments evaluated the effect of Moringa leaf meal as a feed supplement on the growth and health of indigenous...

Common bacterial blight is a major seed-borne disease of common bean. Its resistance is complex because of the quantitative nature. The combination of molecular-marker technology (MAS) with traditional phenotypic selection greatly facilitates the selection of resistant lines. The molecular...