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zambia like other countries in southern africa ia faced with the problem of food security due to decline in soil fertility, food shortage especially im the dry season

This study is an ethical evaluation of Zambia’s position on genetically modified (GM) maize which was exported to Zambia by the United States of America (USA) through the World Food Programme as food aid. This followed food shortages after the country experienced partial droughts in 2001/2002...

Post harvest losses caused by the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais, Motschulsky) in maize aggravate food insecurity among small scale farmers. Maize weevil resistant genotypes are desirable for overcoming storage difficulties and also avoid the use of chemical pesticides hence considered to be...

Background: Prescribing effective preventative antibiotics and treating infections in mothers, providing a clean birth environment, and delivering the baby within 24 hours of rupture of membranes, where possible, can all help lower the chance of neonatal sepsis. However, neonatal sepsis remains...

Throughout their long history of domestication, dogs have been sources of parasitic zoonoses, including gastrointestinal parasites and haemoparasites. As such, they have served as a link for parasite exchange, resulting in several emerging and re-emerging diseases. Among them is African...

This study was conducted in Lusaka, Zambia to determine the distribution of the invA, invF,hilA, hilC, hilD, sipC and spiC virulence genes in Salmonella isolates from dogs, chickens and humans using both the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dot blot hybridization methods. In the study, 243 dog...

Studies in non-Western societies (China, India, Uganda, and Ethiopia) have reported differential performance on neuropsychological tests by HIV+ and HIV- groups. However, the impact of HIV on cognitive functioning has rarely been studied among individuals with low literacy, even though these...

One of the major causes of low crop yield in smallholder farming systems in Zambia is poor soil nutrients. In order to address this problem, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) introduced an input subsidy program aimed at making inorganic fertilizers and improved maize seed cheaply...