This study investigated groundwater contamination in a suburban area of George Compound located on the outskirts of the city of Lusaka in Zambia. The aim was to assess heavy metal contamination of groundwater and the local people’s awareness about the contamination in the study area. The...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated groundwater contamination in a suburban area of George Compound located on the outskirts of the city of Lusaka in Zambia. The aim was to assess heavy metal contamination of groundwater and the local people’s awareness about the contamination in the study area. The...
Download PDF ↓A healthy living environment depends on adequate sanitation. Worldwide, about 1.1 billion people still defecate in the open, leaving their faeces on the ground to contaminate the surrounding environment. Sinazongwe District is faced with the problem of low access to adequate sanitation and...
Download PDF ↓Kansanshi Foundation, a corporate social unit of Kansanshi Mining PLC in Solwezi has been supporting conservation agriculture (CA) among smallholder farmers in Chafukuma area since 2010 without any empirical evidence of CA benefits. This study assessed the effects of CA on soil fertility of...
Download PDF ↓The focus of agricultural development in Africa and Zambia in particular is on transforming the agricultural system from conventional to conservation agriculture (CA). This study examined the linkages between conservation agriculture narratives and environmental conservation in terms of forest...
The aim of this study was to examine the implications of the conversion of customary land tenure to leasehold tenure on rural livelihoods in Chibombo and Chongwe districts by drawing on a comparative approach. In particular, the study was conducted in three chiefdoms namely; Bunda Bunda and...
Download PDF ↓This study aimed at developing an understanding of the performance of the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) in Shiwang’andu district of Muchinga Province, Zambia. The rationale of the study was to obtain information that would guide the government and other stakeholders in agriculture...
Download PDF ↓This study aimed at developing an understanding of the performance of the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) in Shiwang’andu district of Muchinga Province, Zambia. The rationale of the study was to obtain information that would guide the government and other stakeholders in agriculture...
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