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Technical efficiency among smallholder sweet potato Farmers in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Agriculture is Zambia’s mainstay and farmers have for long practiced monoculture crop farming in which maize is the most widely grown. Other alternative and more adverse weather tolerant food crops such as sweet potatoes, ... -
Teenage mothers and their re-admission into schools: The case of secondary schools in Lusaka urban from 1997-1999
(2011-08-15)hi Zambia, there has been unequal participation and access of girls and boys to schooling because of various reasons one of them being a policy, which required girls who got pregnant to leave school. The policy and practice ... -
"That they may be saved and served" : a biography of Medardo Joseph cardinal Mazombwe, 1931-2013.
(The University of Zambia, 2021)The use of biographies as a method of analysis and understanding historical change in Zambia had been on an increase in the recent past. However, while other scholars in Africa brought to light the importance of the clergy ... -
The theory and practice of imprisonment in Northern Rhodesia, 1907-1964
(2011-08-19)The punishment and reform of offenders are responsibilities performed by every state. They are the conventional reasons why imprisonment continues to be used. In Northern Rhodesia the use of imprisonment was introduced ... -
To the Bottom of the Heap: Educational Deprivation and its Social Implications in the Northwestern Province of Zambia, 1906-1945
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Tourism Development In Zambia: The case of Kafue National park
(2012-08-01)The research problem in this study was that despite being the oldest, largest with highest diversities of wildlife and the most conveniently located park in the country, the Kafue National park remains fourth in revenue ... -
Towards a gender violence free Nation-A study on the Department of Social Welfare's communication strategies in the fight against gender based violence in Mansa District
(2015-04-13)Gender Based Violence is a global human rights problem but some women still lack knowledge and information on their rights. They do not even know the services offered including facilities that are in place which would help ... -
Towards a healthier water and sanitation sewerage system: -A case study of participatory communication in Kanyama compound, Lusaka
(2012-01-23)This report aims to assess participatory communication towards a healthier water sewerage and sanitation system in Kanyama Compound. Kanyama Compound has for a long-time now recorded one of the highest cholera and diarrhoeal ... -
Towards a Healthy Childhood: a Study of YWCA Communication strategies used in the fight against child sexual abuse
(2012-01-19)This report is based on a study that sought to assess the communication strategies put in place by the YWCA to fight child sexual abuse, and in particular defilement of girls. The problem of child sexual abuse especially ... -
Towards an understanding of the late pleistocene and holocene assemblages through the Shiwa Ng'andu rock art in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Rock art is much more than mere decorations or reflections of everyday concerns or daubing of figures for idle pastime but a reflection of past people’s relation with their environment. This study examines Shiwa Ng'andu ... -
Towards an understanding of translanguaging among traders and customers of soweto market in Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2020)The study framed as “Towards an Understanding of Translanguaging among Traders and Customers at Soweto Market in Lusaka” attempts to address the dearth in literature about real life language practices by using a market ... -
Towards sustainable food security in rural households: A study of communication efforts aimed at eliminating hunger in Shimabala are of Kafue District
(2013-11-06)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 ... -
Towards writing a comprehensive grammar of the Mambwe language
(The University of Zambia, 2019)Mambwe language is spoken in Mbala and Senga districts of Northern Province in Zambia. The language has approximately 500,000 native speakers (CSO, 2010). Therefore, the study was conducted to identify, describe, analyse ... -
Traditional male circumcision and the risk of HIV transmission in Chavuma District,North Western Province,Zambia
(2011-07-15)It has been found that circumcised men are less than half likely to be infected by HIV as uncircumcised men. However, there are also chances that HIV infection can be transmitted at traditional male circumcision due to ... -
Trainee teachers' preparedness for inclusive education in Zambia: A case of Chipata and Jubeva Colleges of Education in Eastern Province
(2013-12-10)This study explored trainee teachers’ preparedness for inclusive education in Zambia. A descriptive survey design which included both qualitative and quantitative methods was employed. Data was collected using semi-structured ... -
Translation strategies to establish equivalence in english-nyanja news translation at Zambia National Broadasting Corpopration(ZNBC)
(The University of Zambia, 2017)The study sought to examine the translation strategies applied to establish meaning equivalence in the process of translating news in English into Nyanja at the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). The objectives ... -
Transparency in the recruitment and selection of workers in local councils in Lusaka province
(The University of Zambia, 2021)In the recent past, attempts have been made to improve service delivery by local councils in Zambia. These include the re-introduction of unified local Government Service Commission and passing of Local Government Amendment ... -
Trends and patterns of gender-based violence and help-seeking behaviour in Zambia: A case of old market compound of Lukulu District
(University of Zambia, 2016)This study established the trends and patterns of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Old Market Compound of Lukulu District of Zambia. Specifically, the study investigated the existence and prevalence, causes and effects, ... -
Trends in Biodemographic determinants of Neonatal Mortality in Zambia: 1992-2007
(2014-10-29)Neonatal mortality has been one of the major factors used in evaluating the effectiveness of the health systems in any country and is also a barometer in assessing changes in the health status of women. Trends in determinants ... -
Trends in Public Recurrent Expenditure in Zambia 1964-1982
(2011-04-06)Trends in public recurrent expenditures in Zambia 1964-82, This research project will examine the main determinants of the ratio and changes in the ratio of public recurrent expenditures to GNP on both the aggregate and ...
