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Globally, 14% of the world's food valued at $400 billion per year continues to be wasted along the supply chain after it is harvested and before it reaches consumers. In Zambia, there has been an increase in vegetable production from 157,500 tons in 1972 to 445,625 tons in 2021. Soweto Market...

Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. are the most common coliforms that cause clinical mastitis and are responsible for the disease in about 40% of cases in dairy animals. The presence of E. coli and K. pneumoniae in raw milk poses a threat to human health as consumption of contaminated raw milk...

This study is a historical investigation of the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) from 1905 to 2000. ZNFU is one of the oldest associations in Zambia traced back to Fort Jameson town (present day Chipata). It started as a Tobacco Farmers’ Association in 1905. In1938, it changed to Northern...

This research sought to assess the effects of load shedding on dairy milk production industries in Zambia. The researcher was motivated to undertake this study due to lack of socio economic development as a result of erratic power supply caused by load shedding to Zambian industries. The research...

In 2002, the republican President of Zambia declined a donation of Genetically Modified (GM) maize from the United States of America citing a lack of regulation and technical capacity. Consequently, in 2003 and 2007, the country passed the Biosafety Policy and Biosafety Act respectively. In 2018,...

In the light of increasing pressure on limited fresh water resources, the growing world population and increasing greenhouse gas emission, maximizing crop water use becomes an important topic. Considerable research is being done on deficit irrigation. However, there is limited published work...

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), the causative agent of enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL), is a member of the family Retroviridae, and genus Deltaretrovirus. Whilst BLV has been associated with considerable economic losses in the cattle industry worldwide, there is paucity of information on the...

Conservation Agriculture has been recommended as a sustainable farming system for many crops in Zambia based on reported improvements in soil infiltration, moisture, soil carbon, microbial activity and reduced bulk density over time. However, the effects in groundnuts such as plant development,...

Poor rainfall distribution, low soil calcium, soil acidity and low soil moisture stress contribute largely to low levels of groundnut productivity. Because the majority of groundnut farmers in Zambia are small-holder and have limited resources, they are not able to cope with these production...

ABSTRACT Understanding morpho-physiological factors associated with yield decline at high density in soybean (Glycine max L.) can assist in optimizing productivity and seed quality. The objective of this study was to determine effects of different spacing on development and seed quality. The...