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There are many non climatic factors influencing the agricultural potential of an area, but of the climatic factors, the most important are the distribution in time and the amount of rainfall. The purpose of this study is to probe rainfall variability based on the persistence model which follows a...

Deforestation in Zambia is a source of concern to various stakeholders. Agriculture, which includes tobacco growing and its curing, is cited as a major factor, among others,contributing to woodland clearance. Tobacco production is associated with deforestation because it requires large quantities...

Maize is the main staple food crop in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), which includes Zimbabwe and its productivity increases when improved varieties are planted. Development of such technologies is mainly by public and private breeding programs, which in most cases do this in...

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is an important crop in Zambia but many foliar diseases pose a serious threat to its successful production in the country. During the last three years frogeye leaf spot disease caused by Cercospora sojina Hara has become the most prevalent disease in most parts of...

Maize is an important staple and cash crop in Zambia. Abiotic and biotic stress conditions, particularly low soil fertility (low nitrogen) and grey leaf spot(Cercospora zeae- maydis), reduce maize yields. Most varieties developed by the Zambian National Maize Programme have neither resistance to...

The study of the inheritance and gene action of weevil resistance in maize was undertaken using a 12 parent half diallel design. Seven resistant inbred lines were obtained from CIMMYT-Zimbabwe and five susceptible lines were obtained from soils and crop Research Branch(SCRB), Zambia. The lines...

Land, which includes the surface of the earth, the airspace above it and everything beneath the surface down to the centre of the earth, is the source material wealth. As human beings we live on the earth and obtain from it food, clothing, fuel, shelter, metal and precious stones. Even when we...

The purpose of the study was to compare the performance and relative stability of grain yield among four different maize (Zea mays L. ) types and also to investigate some agronomic traits and their relationship to overall yield stability. The four types of maize were compared in twelve...