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A study was conducted to determine the effect of substrate pasteurization and sterilization on the yield of Pleurotus cornucopiae and Pleurotus sajor-caju, and on the suitability of sorghum, wheat and maize grains, and wooden sticks as mycelium carriers in spawn production. The Pleurotus species...

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of using azolla in rice fields and to investigate the appropiate time and quantities of azolla to be incorporated. The trial was conducted at the University of Zambia Field Station as a pot experiment. Three different quantities of azolla...

The effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) and rhizosphere pseudomonads on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Matuo and Sato) in Zambia was investigated. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza was isolated from three soils obtained from Kasama area of...

The Ministry of Education undertook a number of reforms in the 1990s due to the decline in literacy levels in basic schools; the basic school curriculum was changed. New methods of teaching were introduced as measures of intervention. Pedagogies like the New Breakthrough to Literacy (NBTL), Step...

This study sought to establish the effectiveness of teaching indigenous languages under the team teaching arrangement. The research methodology of the study involved both qualitative and quantitative data which was collected through questionnaires, lesson observations, curriculum materials and...

Education is a very important factor in the development of any nation.However, it has been observed that for a long time girls have been marginalised or disadvantaged in terms of access to education. One of the major factors contributing to this disparity has been teenage pregnancies among the...

This study sought to find out the effectiveness of the School-Based Continuing Professional Development [CPD] programs in sharpening teachers' classroom performance in Upper Basic Schools in Lusaka Urban District. A sample of seventy-two[72] school teachers, eight [8] School In-Service...

In a liberalised economy the monetary authority traditionally relies on four instruments with which to control money supply, namely, open market operations, legal minimum reserve requirement changes, discount rat© policy and moral suasion. In this study the effectiveness of traditional...

This study looked at the effects of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through School Programmes for In -Service for the Term (SPRINT) on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes. The purpose of the study was to find out if SPRINT had any effect on teacher classroom...