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The status of insect pest management on small farms in Zambia was investigated by interviewing the farmers.Field trials evaluated the timing of insecticide sprays, methods of spray application and the effect of different swath widths using the 'Electrodyn' sprayer.Farmers were aware of the insect...

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 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...

This study aimed at reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships among Zambian riverine haplochromine cichlids and at reviewing their taxonomic status. The riverine haplochromines used were from the Zambezi River and the Luapula-Congo River systems. The target taxa were from two major groups:...

Until as recently as twenty-five years ago, the CNS were regarded as mere contaminants when they were ob¬served to be present in infected specimens. They were, till then, overshadowed by the more pathogenic and better studied S. aureus. In the course of the; last twenty-five years, however, the...

This report examines the interface that existed between the evolving urban land use and the planning of Solwezi urban. This came from the realization that the problem of urban land use fragmentation, coupled with a growing number of suburban and informal housing areas, appeared to have impacted...

This thesis comprises 5 chapters. The first chapter is concerned with the general problem of setting up approximations to arbitrary functions by linear combinations of sets of functions of known structure. The second chapter discusses the mathematical basis of the various approximation criteria...

A Vegetation survey was carried out within a 300 km area around Gwabi on the Zambian side of the middle Zambezi Valley with emphasis on regenerating fields abandoned after clearing. Information was collected on the previous and present status of such fields. The Braun-Blanquet phytosociological...