Siavonga district has for the last two decades experienced rainfall that is declining, unpredictable and poorly distributed and increasing temperatures. Climate impact studies on Lake Kariba Kapenta fish stocks show that ...

Soybean is an important crop with many important properties. The use of soybean varies from stock feed, biodiesel, edible oils and high protein food products, to soil amendment resulting from its nitrogen fixing ability ...

Agriculture in sub-Saharan African region has depended mainly on rainfall since 1990s and crop production has faced negative impacts of extreme climate events which are believed to be manifestations of long term climate ...

Crop rotation is known to affect the physical, chemical and biological soil properties. This farming system has shown to be effective at reducing the farmers’ costs while increasing the yields in the long run and improving ...

An epidemiological and molecular characterization study of cassava mosaic disease was carried out in four cassava growing Provinces of Zambia in 2013. The objectives of the study were to determine the incidence and severity ...

Land suitability is concerned with the process of estimating the fitness of land for alternative agricultural uses. Land suitability analysis for soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) production culminates into suitability maps ...

Bean anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum causes severe common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield losses. Breeding for resistance is the best method to mitigate this problem. The objectives of this study ...

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is known for symbiotic nitrogen fixation by rhizobia present in the soil with which it establishes an efficient symbiosis. In Zambia, current rhizobial inoculants used in soybeans ...

Soybean is one of the most important cultivated crops in the world with about 6% of the world’s arable land dedicated to its production. Compared to other major food crops, soybean experienced the highest percentage of ...

Striga asiatica is a noxious, obligate hemi-parasite of cereal grasses that causes grain yield losses in susceptible maize genotypes in Southern Africa. The development of host plant resistance is one of the most practical ...