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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...

Damage to sorghum and pearl millet by the armoured ground cricket, Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsk, is particularly high on small-scale farms. The control methods currently in use are based on the use of synthetic insecticides.The study was conducted to assess the effects of plant extracts from...

As small holder farmers intensify agricultural production, their land becomes more prone to soil degradation due to shorter or absence of fallow period. In order to use these pieces of land continuously, a deliberate soil management strategy which incorporates organic residues may provide...

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...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of split application of top dressing nitrogen fertiliser on grain yield and baking quality of four wheat varieties. The recommended top dressing fertiliser of 115 kg N/ha normally added at the 3-leaf stage was split in application. It was applied...

Mycorrhizae are obligate symbionts which enhance plant growth and protect plants from certain diseases. The mycorrhizal flora of three soils collected from a virgin land at the University of Zambia School of Agriculture Experimental site, Airport and the State lodge consisted of Glomus...

Miombo is the most dominant vegetation type in Zambia and covers 53% of the country. It is dominated by species of Brachystegia, Julbernadia and Isoberlinia. In the study area, pockets of other vegetation types like the munga may be found within Hie miombo, especially along drainage lines. Munga...

The relationship between education and performance on neuropsychological tests has been established (Dotson, Kitner-Triolo, Evans, and Zonderman, 2009). It has also been found that ill-educated but cognitively healthy individuals get lower scores on neuropsychology test than mildly impaired but...

The status of selected minerals in soil, plants and goat plasma in Siavonga district of Zambia was evaluated in the rainy, cold dry and the hot dry seasons between November 2009 and June 2010. Samples were collected in November 2009 (late hot dry season), February 2010 (rainy season) and June...

Monthly faecal gastrointestinal nematode egg counts, coprocultures, differential larval counts and packed cell volumes of goats (according to age classes <6 months, 6 months to 1 year, 1 year to 2 years, more than 2 years) from two traditional farming areas (Chipembi and Shibuyunji) in Central...