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The effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) and rhizosphere pseudomonads on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Matuo and Sato) in Zambia was investigated. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza was isolated from three soils obtained from Kasama area of...

A field trial was conducted at Mt. Makulu Research Station in Chilanga, Zambia to determine the effect of seed tuber size and plant spacing on the yield, dry matter content and daughter tuber sizes of three potato varieties. The trial was also meant to determine the combination of seed tuber size...

In this dissertation, I argue that the rating system of the Rhodesia Railways and the customs agreements concluded by Northern Rhodesia contributed to the failure of settler maize and cattle farming along the line of rail in Northern Rhodesia. Settler agriculture in Northern Rhodesia developed...

The Magoye West forest Reserve number 50 was not occupied by small- scale farmers before 1980. However, after this period, farmers from surrounding areas started moving in the forest reserve to settle illegally. As the population kept on growing in this area, there was an indiscriminate cutting...

This study was designed to determine the influence of the maturity status on partitioning of photosynthate to the roots and nitrogen fixation in common beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.). Two experiments(glasshouse at the University of Zambia and field at the Zambia Seed Company farm, Ngwerere, north...

Although Bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) has a high production, utilization and economic potential in Zambia, its production is still very low (average yield being below 750kg/ha) with many underexploited research areas for its improved production.The objectives of this trial...

A blanket fertilizer recommendation is used for each agro-ecological zone in Swaziland irrespective of soil type and maize genotype. The objective of the study was to determine the response of grain yield and some yield components of maize cultivars to fertilizer rates applied to different soils...

This study examines British policy towards Egyptian farmers in Lower Egypt. It looks at the way the agricultural policy was formulated,implemented and its results over the time period 1882 to 1922 the time when Britain ruled Egypt. On the whole, the thesis has revealed that expansions in...

There are concerns about increasing incidence of sulphur (S) deficiency in agricultural soils due to increased cropping intensity, development of high yielding crop varieties and the use of S-free fertilizers. Zambia recorded cases of S deficiency in the 1950' s and subsequently noticed grain...

The raison d'être of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the role of the Catholic Church in ecology in the Zambian context. The study was qualitative in approach and in terms of design, a case study of Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) made and research carried out to...