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Since 2002, the Government of Zambia has been funding a farmer input subsidy program that consumes a very large part of the resources allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. This survey examines if the program is producing commensurate impacts on maize production by the farmers...

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the food reserve agency (FRA) in providing agricultural marketing information to peasant farmers of Ngwerere area to achieve household food security. This report aims at showing the relevance of information provision in the agriculture sector...

This study explored small scale farmers’ awareness of the use of organic agriculture for a sustainable environment in selected farm blocks of Chongwe District. The study was realized through the following objectives; determining the nature of farming systems in Chongwe District, ascertaining...

The aim of the study was to investigate the provision and accessibility of agricultural information to farmers in Mweembeshi Settlement Village a Farming Block in Kafue District. The objectives of the study were establish the agricultural information needs and sources of farmers as well as...

The development and promotion of conservation farming (CF) practices has been an important component of many rural development projects in Africa and their adoption has varied across the continent. This study focuses on determining the impact of CF and its main components: crop rotation, residue...

Since 2006 the Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) of the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has been promoting Conservation Farming (CF) in Chipata District among the Small-scale Farmers (SsF) and in 2008 the Government of the Republic of Zambia also stepped up the promotion of CF among the...

This report is a result of the attachment of the author to Ministry of Community Development Mother and Child Health. The overall objective was to investigate the role of communication strategies in improving food security in rural households basing it on a case study of Shimabala area of Kafue...

In Zambia, the delivery of extension services by the main extension service providers in the government ministry has been declining over the years. New dissemination methods and approaches that address the needs of the poor and women, therefore, need to be identified and promoted. One of the...

Information provision to small-scale farmers such as those in Chongwe District has proven to be a big problem and challenge for the Zambian Government. As part of the solution to the problem, the Government has since identified agricultural extension services to be one of the most important...