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Fungal and fungi-like pathogens including Cladosporium fulvum, Alternaria alternate, and Alternaria solani class dothideomycetes are major pathogens of solanaceous crops such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) where they cause significant losses. To contribute to the understanding of the extent to...

The problem of sedimentation and drying-up of rivers is very pronounced globally, continentally, and nationally. In Southern Zambia and, Lusitu River Catchment in particular, sedimentation and eventual drying up of the river during most parts of the year punctuated diverse environmental and...

Neglected and underutilized crops (NUCs) are useful species of crops which are largely overlooked by farmers, consumers, breeders, extentionists, researchers and policy makers. They represent a cluster of biodiversity with potential to solve food security problems among smallholder farmers in the...

Zambia's National access to electricity is approximately 31 %, with 67 % of the urban having access and worse off in rural areas, which are very remote and far away from the electricity grid, with only 4 % of its population having access. Rural areas do not just need electricity for everyday uses...

Well-illuminated streets play a vital role in enhancing the security and well-being of residents in cities and towns. Investing in solar street lighting can reduce costs spent on grid electricity bills. It can also enhance safety and security at the same time uplift the economy of, women and men...

Efficient information management is paramount for law enforcement agencies worldwide, including the Zambia Police Service. This study aims to address the challenges faced by the Zambia Police Service through the improvement of their automation system and the integration of biometric features and...

The percentage of female students majoring in computer science is lower than that of male students. Computer science has one of the lowest shares of women degree recipients among the broader field of Science and Engineering, with reports of only nineteen percent of the computer science degrees in...

The increase in availability of diagnostic tools and increase in awareness of cancer disease, has enabled the diagnosis of new cancer cases that were not previouslycaptured in Zambia. Today, the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) treats over 3,200 cancer patients annually, a number significantly...

The power utility company in Zambia, the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) introduced load-shedding in urban and rural areas in 2015 when the country experienced severe drought and caused low water levels in our hydropower stations for power generation and distribution. To mitigate...

In this dissertation, we present an integer-valued generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (INGARCH)(p, q) model based on the Poisson distribution. This model proves to be effective for modelling overdispersed integer-valued time series with conditional heteroscedasticity. The...