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Microbes are the primary agents responsible for the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, promoting plant development, and suppressing disease. However, not much is known about how chemical fertilizers affect the populations, distribution and survival of soil microorganisms which are essential for...

Knowledge of factors that regulate oviposition site selection by gravid anopheline mosquitoes is still limited and yet it is of great importance in the quest to develop alternative malaria vector control methods. In order to contribute to data and knowledge on the subject, this study...

Tax revenue forecasting is of critical importance for a government in ensuring adequacy and stability in tax and expenditure policies, as it also contributes to the budget and strategic planning of a country. Henceforth, several tax types need to be projected for the specific fiscal year using...

Energy conservation is a subject that has continued to attract global attention as it is essential in ensuring that the growing energy demand does not pose a threat to the environment. In view of this, the current study aimed at finding out the household energy conservation practices used in...

Most sub-Saharan African cities face a lack of cogent integration and consideration of food systems (FS) in spatial planning. This has exacerbated the ongoing food insecurity in urban regions. This exigent situation calls for the integration of food systems into spatial planning. In Zambia, the...

Touch DNA (trace DNA) is a forensic method for analysing DNA left at a scene of a crime such as shed skin cells and other biological material transferred from a donor to an object or a person during physical contact. This method of identification was pioneered by the British geneticist, Sir Alec...

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), commonly known as the fall armyworm (FAW), is an invasive insect pest of maize and other economically important cultivated crops globally. In the absence of proper control methods, FAW has the potential to cause 21 to 50 percent of maize crop yield losses....

Population growth parameters and mortality rates of Lates stappersii were investigated for the southeast and southwest arms of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia from April, 2022 to August, 2022. Exploitation ratio was studied. Furthermore, water quality parameters were investigated. Fish samples were...

Making cities champions of climate mitigation and adaptation requires the downscaling of policies and instruments to local and city levels. The Zambia National Climate Change Policy in City Development Plans(NPCC) was designed for incorporation into the Lusaka City Council Development Plans for...

T. mollis tree extracts have been used by THPs worldwide, in Africa and specifically in Zambia to treat various diseases in man for example urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, chest infections and gastrointestinal diseases etc. T. mollis belongs to the genus Terminalia, and...