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The levels of malnutrition in Zambia are some of the highest in Africa with 51.9% of children less than 5 years of age undernourished. The prevalence of the wasting form of malnutrition is 6%, with Eastern province having the third highest prevalence of stunting in the country, only better than...

Groundnuts are one of the important household food security crops grown in Zambia. The crop provides minerals, fats, protein, vitamins and it also acts as a source of income for resource poor farmers. Production and utilization of groundnuts in the small holder setting is hampered among others,...

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly infectious epizootic disease of small ruminants that cause high mortality and has become an increasingly important trans-boundary disease following the eradication of Rinderpest. PPR is endemic in Africa, Middle East and Asian countries and is a major...

The purpose of this study was to estimate farmer responsiveness to changes in the price of hybrid maize seed as well as to changes in the seed price of alternative crops. In determining this responsiveness, it was hoped that some light would be shed on the best way to improve maize production as...

Maize in Zambia is mostly grown under rain-fed conditions with yields strongly correlated to seasonal rainfall pattern. Because of lack of information of maize varieties that use water more efficiently under rain-fed agriculture, achievement of high maize productivity has been difficult. The aim...

Although barley, oats and rye have a wide range of uses and show economic significance to Zambia, especially considering importation of barley from Zimbabwe by the brewing industry, there are currently very few varieties that grow favourably under tropical environments. The cereals in question...

The problem of drought and erratic rainfall, coupled with crop genotypes (both local and improved varieties) with low water utilisation efficiencies, are major contributors to low productivity of most crops. The poor agricultural productivity among the farming community results in poverty and...

Improved seeds are one of the most important technologies for improving agriculture production and thus contributing to growth in agriculture. However adoption of improved groundnut varieties has been extremely limited in Zambia. Despite the availability of new varieties nearly the entire...

This study was carried out to evaluate the hygienic and compositional quality of raw milk produced by smallholder dairy farmers (SHDFs) in Lusaka province of Zambia. It was conducted during the months of January and February 2014. The hygienic and compositional quality of raw milk was determined...

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...