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Improving food security by increasing crop production is currently Zambia's primary objective. Poor soil fertility and inadequate utilization of chemical fertilizers have often resulted in poor crop yields and that has exacerbated the problems of poverty and hunger in the country. Phosphorus is...

Syenitic rocks in Eastern Zambia are represented by both oversaturated quartz bearing types and undersaturated nepholine-sodalite varieties.The ,Sinda syenite intrusions are oversaturated potassics which form a petrogenetically related N-S trending string of intrusions at the eastern margin of...

This study analyses the factors which are involved in the determination of prices and marketing of mineral commodities.Its emphasis is on gemstones. The experience of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania have been used to illustrate problems facing less developed countries trying to use small-scale...

This study was undertaken to develop an optimum production plan for an underground mine using Renco Mine, an underground gold Mine in Zimbabwe,as a case study.A detailed structural analysis of the orebody's grade distribution has been done to establish technical parameters for production...

This dissertation is a study of the prospects and challenges of gender mainstreaming in water sector policies or policies that have influenced operations of the MEWD/DWA mainly the Gender Policy (2000) and the National Water Policies (1994 and 2010) and their implications for gender actions to be...

Tine cyanidation process for extracting precious metals (gold and silver) from the anode slimes was investigated. The recovery of these metals from cyanidation solution by adsorption on activated cai-bon has been studied. Ttiis was to assess the cyanidation and adsorption process as a potential...

The literature on the mineral deposits and small-scale mining activities in Zambia has been reviewed. The present state of the industry has been described with particular reference to the supportive services given by various institutions. The way in which the research, government and mining...

Calc-silicate rocks and marbles of Katangan age underlie a significant segment of the Zambezi belt in Southern Province. The calcsilicate rocks are represented by spectacularly banded calc-silicate gneisses, calc-silicate schists, massive calc-silicate rocks and a few mottled varieties. The...

The government of Zambia in 1996 adopted the WASHE (Water, Sanitation, and Health Education) concept as a national strategy for the delivery of Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Services. The strategy facilitates the involvement of the rural population in determining priorities, selection of...

The government of Zambia in 1996 adopted the WASHE (Water, Sanitation, and Health Education) concept as a national strategy for the delivery of Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Services. The strategy facilitates the involvement of the rural population in determining priorities, selection of...