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The study deals with agricultural development within the context of a changing environment both under colonial rule and in the post-colonial period. It is a case study of Mkushi District in which a farm block was established where white farmers, especially ex-servicemen, were settled on crownland...

Problem: The adoption of Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) among small scale farmers is low despite the advantages that this form of agriculture presents to the farmers and the environment. Objective: The research studied the communication tools used by Participatory Land Use...

This report is an investigation of the communication strategies employed by the Department of Fisheries in Kafue Fishery extension. The aim of the report was to address the inadequacies in the process of communication in order to enhance poor rural community life among fisher communities in...

There have been increasing challenges regarding the decline in the economic standards of the country and subsequent increase in poverty levels, food insecurity and underdevelopment of rural areas. The challenges have been associated to the ineffectiveness of agricultural sector. It is believed...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Comparatives (MACO) has put a lot of effort in running Radio Farm Forum(RFF) program as a means and way to develop the Agricultural sector through information dissemination.In order to make the government responsive to the demands of rural agricultural development,...

Fishing was one of the oldest and lifelong human activities which did not only attract high population densities, but was also used, in certain areas, as an alternative source of income and food security. Fish contributed to the development of trade between the riverine communities, which caught...

This study attempted to reconstruct the history of Mununshi Banana Scheme (MBS) with a view of analysing problems that contributed to the failure of Rural Development through Agricultural Projects in Zambia. The study pinpointed the importance of agriculture in rural development. It demonstrated...

Despite the implementation of the Fertiliser Support Programme (FSP), there were indications of food insecurity continuing among small-scale farmers in rural Zambia during the 2006/2007 farming season. The FSP was introduced by the Zambian government in 2002 under the Poverty Reduction Strategy...

This work is based on the data from a research project: The Population Consequences of Agricultural Modernization, funded by the International Develop¬ment Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. I wish to express my gratitude to this organization. The prime concern of this study is to investigate the...

This study was conducted at Agriculture Support Programme (ASP), Mpika, to determine the impact created by the use of participatory communication approaches among its target audience.A total of 61 respondents participated in the study. The respondents consisted of one lecturer from Zambia College...