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Among the most effective ways of helping citizens acquire knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes is through education. Policymakers and administrators must recognize that education is the most reliable path to the sustainable development of any nation. In Zambia, the national goal of...

Among the most effective ways of helping citizens acquire knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes is through education. Policymakers and administrators must recognize that education is the most reliable path to the sustainable development of any nation. In Zambia, the national goal of...

Globally, 14% of the world's food valued at $400 billion per year continues to be wasted along the supply chain after it is harvested and before it reaches consumers. In Zambia, there has been an increase in vegetable production from 157,500 tons in 1972 to 445,625 tons in 2021. Soweto Market...

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global public health concern and a food safety issue. When pathogens become resistant to antimicrobial agents they can pose a greater human health risk as a result of potential treatment failure, loss of treatment options and increased likelihood of severity of...

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis caused by the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a negative-sense RNA virus belonging to the genus Phlebovirus in the family Phenuiviridae. Transmission to humans and animals occurs through mosquito bites (Culex and Aedes spp.), direct...

Zambia has seen rapid growth in aquaculture, with fish increasingly becoming a source of emerging bacterial zoonotic diseases. This cross-sectional study assessed the levels of bacterial contamination in 132 fresh fish fillets, consisting of 69 hake and 63 tilapia sold in Lusaka District, Zambia,...

This study investigated the importance of climate literacy in influencing the attitudes and adaption strategies of small-scale farmers in Chongwe. The report emphasizes how climate change has a substantial influence on the region's agricultural output and food security, particularly through...

Echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease with specific genotypes or strains caused by parasites of the genus Echinococcus. The close relationship between humans and animals provides chances of transmission of this zoonotic disease. Globally, there may be more than one million people living with these...

Change in land-use, which causes a decrease in agricultural land, has an impact on food production. This situation is a major concern and a subject of many studies around the globe. The objectives of this study were to estimate the proportion of originally zoned agricultural land in Makeni, to...

Vegetables are highly perishable and lack of storage facilities affects their marketability. Once vegetables are separated from their source of nutrients (plant) they undergo higher rates of respiration, resulting in moisture loss, quality and nutrient degradation, and potential microbial...