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This study sought to investigate access to and control over agricultural income and labour in smallholder farming households in Chipata district, Zambia. The objectives were to investigate the agricultural practices employed by smallholder farming households in Msandire and Mkanda areas of...

The governance philosophies of the UNIP and MMD governments were very different. These were expected to drastically influence economic performance and livelihoods. The study was undertaken to compare how agricultural crop production among smallholder farmers changed in time and space. The main...

The purpose of the study was to carry out an appraisal of the management of household waste in the city of Chipata. The study was based on the following objectives, to: (i) characterise household waste in Chipata city, in terms of composition, volume, recyclability and reusability, and (ii)...

This study establishes the asymptotic consistency of the James-Stein shrinkage estimator (JSSE) ˆ!⇤ n of some parameter ✓, which is obtained by shrinking a maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) ˆ✓n. Our shrinking strategy involves creating a subspace to shrink to by partitioning the parameter space...

Issues of food security, post-harvest losses, lack of a national farmer database and proper grain inventory system have plagued the Ministry of Agriculture for years. The lack of requisite tools has made the management of the sector a difficult task. This has seen an increase in the number of...

The study assessed the change of land use in Livingstone and the implications it has had on urban planning from 2009-2015. Simple random sampling was used to select 50 out of 120 property owners who had changed use. A questionnaire was used to obtain information. A total number of 5 key...

In this dissertation, we examine the small and large sample properties of the U-statistics (Un) for an estimable parameter : For small sample, Un is found to be MVUE and Su cient. Large sample properties of Un examined are Consistency and Asymptotic normality. We also compare the rate of...

Scarcity of land in Lusaka is resulting into increased land prices and various sectors of the society are increasingly questioning the extent of transparency and fairness in land administration. This study examines public perceptions of corruption in urban land administration in terms of...

Cassava is one of the alternative crops to Zambia’s staple crop maize. Unlike maize, cassava is drought resistant; maize has adversely been affected by drought. Unfortunately cassava has been ravaged by the African cassava mosaic virus for over one hundred years. It causes cassava mosaic disease...