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Tax revenue forecasting is of critical importance for a government in ensuring adequacy and stability in tax and expenditure policies, as it also contributes to the budget and strategic planning of a country. Henceforth, several tax types need to be projected for the specific fiscal year using...

Energy conservation is a subject that has continued to attract global attention as it is essential in ensuring that the growing energy demand does not pose a threat to the environment. In view of this, the current study aimed at finding out the household energy conservation practices used in...

Touch DNA (trace DNA) is a forensic method for analysing DNA left at a scene of a crime such as shed skin cells and other biological material transferred from a donor to an object or a person during physical contact. This method of identification was pioneered by the British geneticist, Sir Alec...

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), commonly known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is an invasive insect pest of maize and other economically important cultivated crops globally. In the absence of proper control methods, FAW has the potential to cause 21 to 50 percent of maize crop yield losses....

Population growth parameters and mortality rates of Lates stappersii were investigated for the southeast and southwest arms of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia from April, 2022 to August, 2022. Exploitation ratio was studied. Furthermore, water quality parameters were investigated. Fish samples were...

Making cities champions of climate mitigation and adaptation requires the downscaling of policies and instruments to local and city levels. The Zambia National Climate Change Policy in City Development Plans(NPCC) was designed for incorporation into the Lusaka City Council Development Plans for...

T. mollis tree extracts have been used by THPs worldwide, in Africa and specifically in Zambia to treat various diseases in man for example urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, chest infections and gastrointestinal diseases etc. T. mollis belongs to the genus Terminalia, and...

This dissertation is about a study conducted on mapping HWC hotspots in Silowana Complex of Western Province in Zambia. Spatially identifying HWC (hotspots) and possible mitigation measures is necessary to inform HWC management in order to facilitate a nonviolent coexistence of humans and...

This study aimed to determine the maximum likelihood (ML) estimates for the Gamma and Exponential distributions under conditions of left-truncated and right-censored data, employing the Expectation-Maximisation (EM) algorithm. Additionally, it sought to compare the performance of the EM algorithm...

The objective of the study was to assess the regeneration of Miombo woodlands after shifting cultivation in Chibombo and Rufunsa districts in comparison to undisturbed woodland. The study analysed different descriptors that characterize the woodland including: species composition, diversity,...