Storage losses present a major threat to food security among the small-holder farmers in Africa. The Maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, is one of the most important storage pest for which breeding for resistance is the best option for reducing storage losses. A study was conducted to...
Download PDF ↓The cysteine protease enzymes from T. congolense and T. brucei were purified from pure blood stream forms of the trypanosomes grown in adult albino rats. The trypanosomes were harvested when the number of trypanosomes had reached 108/ml of infected blood or higher. The rats were supplied with 10%...
Download PDF ↓Market participations of African livestock-keepers is one subject that has generated.a lot of interest and controversy among authors. This study, which investigates the constraints on market participation^ of the Sukuma livestock-keepers during the British colonial period, largely emanates from...
This dissertation studies the constraints on the growth and development of the fishing industry in Western Province under colonial rule covering the period 1924 - 1964. The focus is the Central Zambezi Floodplain Fishery(CCZFPF). During the colonial period Western Province was transformed into a...
Download PDF ↓A field experiment was conducted at Chilanga, Zambia (15 34 S 28 19 E, 1313m asl) during the 2000/2001 season to determine the effects of neem and tephrosia extracts on aphid-borne viruses of Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae). The experiment was factorial and consisted of four treatments (extract...
The effects of litter quality and inorganic nitrogen (N) on rate of decomposition and N release pattern by three leguminous woody species were investigated under field conditions by the litterbag technique. The species studied in 1994/1995 were Leucaena leucocephala, Senna siamea and Flemingia...
This study was carried out during the 1993 /94 cropping season at the University of Zambia (UNZA) Farm and Lusitu Sub-Research Station which are situated in Agroecological Zones II and I (medium and low rainfall), respectively. The objective was to determine the nitrogen fertilizer requirement...
Download PDF ↓Soyabean (Glycine max (L) Merr.) has become an important crop in Zambia. Its increased production is hampered by several foliar diseases of which the anthracnose caused by Collectotrichum truncatum appear to be the most prevalent, than red leaf blotch cause by Dactuliochaeta glycines reported...
Download PDF ↓Sorghum (S. bicolor, L) is a major crop of the hotter and drier regions of the tropics and subtropics grown by resource poor farmers for their subsistence. It can also be cultivated in marginal lands and areas of high rainfall characterized by low pH soils high in aluminium (Al).The overall...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of this study is to construct and estimate a model of production behavior for tobacco farmers in Zambia. The final data set consisted of annual production and price data for fifty farmers over three seasons (1990/91 to 1992/93). Production behavior is modeled in terms of a Translog...
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