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Presently in Zambia, physico-chemical methods are employed to monitor water quality of the country’s rivers and other freshwater bodies. These conventional methods have not only proved to be expensive, but also tell us very little about impacts of pollution on aquatic organisms. With this...

Registration of candidates is one of the activities examination bodies undertake in order to fulfil their mandate of conducting examinations and awarding certificates to deserving candidates. In today’s world, utilisation of information and communication technology (ICT) has become an integral...

The study was undertaken to assess the genetic diversity among some selected Zambian rice (Oryza sativa L.) accessions using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) molecular markers. There appears to be little or no information on the genetic or agronomic traits of the locally grown rice crop in Zambia....

An important aspect in the development of semiconducting devices for use in photovoltaic systems is the design of materials with appropriate band gaps. Electronic structure calculations based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) have been extensively used to study and to describe such properties of...

Although there are many diagnostic and detection platforms for detection of various bacteria, these often require large elaborate procedures and well trained experts to execute. The turnaround time for results can sometimes be long. The development of portable and low power devices integrated...

Ternary systems comprising of poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT):(6,6)-phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and varying amounts of squarylium dye III (SQ3) were prepared and deposited by spin coating to obtain nano-size thin films. The films produced were subsequently annealed at 140 C for 10...

Forest play a number of functions such as the provision of wood for timber and fuel, building materials, household implements, wild food, herbal medicines and many others to many rural communities in Zambia including Sesheke District. Forest also provides a wide range of services such as...

This study sought to examine gender mainstreaming (GM) in the Conservation Agriculture (CA): Lessons from Conservation Agriculture Programme II (CAP II) in Mapanza area, Choma District of Zambia. The objectives of the study were to assess the extent of participation of women and men in the CAP II...

While upgrading approaches have evolved over the years, and often include a focus on improving the livelihoods of people living in informal settlements, there remains little attention or understanding in the literature of how upgrading can influence the livelihoods of residents in informal...

The high density of people living per unit area in Kalikiliki, which is an informal settlement, has created land use conflicts. The prevalence of these unresolved land use conflicts presents a challenge for settlement upgrading. Without resolving land use conflicts, settlement upgrading will be a...