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Food legumes are an important source of food and cash in developing countries such as Zambia. However, producers of food legumes, which includes mixed beans, continue to face market access challenges exacerbated by maize centric policies. This study evaluated market participation and further...

The aim of this study was to explore how outgrower schemes in the context of block farming, affects livelihoods of the smallholder sugarcane outgrower communities in Zambia. The study examined the Magobbo smallholder sugarcane outgrower scheme in Mazabuka District, in southern Zambia – a...

Urban agriculture has grown tremendously in most Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Increasing poverty levels and increasing food prices with stagnant incomes have resulted in household food insecurity. Urban households are resorting to urban agriculture as an alternative source of food for...

Urban agriculture has grown tremendously in most Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Increasing poverty levels and increasing food prices with stagnant incomes have resulted in household food insecurity. Urban households are resorting to urban agriculture as an alternative source of food for...

Development of improved beans varieties that meet consumer choice has been one of the focus areas of many researchers in the Sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, various research institutions such as the University of Zambia (UNZA), Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) and private institutions...

This study examined the livelihood strategies of small-scale farm households, their food security status and the challenges they face to meet their livelihoods in Nakanga Agriculture Camp of Kafue services officers and village headmen. The study revealed that the households depend mostly on...