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Climate Trends and Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change in Zambia

Mulenga, Brian P.; Wineman, Ayala - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014

Despite some overlap between farmers’ observations and climate patterns found in the meteorological records, the meteorological data do not support the perception that is an increase in intra-season variability in rainfall. Therefore, a complete picture of climate change requires contributions...

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Child Malnutrition, Agricultural Diversification and Commercialization among Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Zambia

Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda; Kulhgatz, Christian H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …

With only a few months remaining, Zambia still has a long way to achieving the millennium development goal of halving … the number of stunted children by the end of 2015. Almost half of the children in Zambia remain undernourished and 40% of … them have stunted growth, a long term malnutrition effect. This makes Zambia one of the countries with the highest levels …

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Supply Response of Export Crops in Zambia: The Case of Coffee

Mofya-Mukuka, Rhoda; Abdulai, Awudu - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

1) Export diversification has long been at the centre of Zambia’s economic diversification policies. This article … Zambia is mainly grown for export, the changes in real exchange have the most significant effect on supply in that a …

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Gender Control and Labour Input: Who Controls the Proceeds from Staple Crop Production among Zambian Farmers?

Shipekesa, Arthur M.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Because gender roles and relations are dynamic, programs built on a solid up-to-date understanding of how men and women share labor responsibilities and the proceeds from their agricultural activities have the potential to bring forth positive outcomes. Better information on gender-based...

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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization

Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

This paper traces the trajectories of successful commercial smallholders operating under differing sets of market institutions. Analysis focuses on maize, cotton, and horticulture, three widely marketed crops with strikingly different market institutions. Maize receives intensive government...

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Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Zambia

Mulenga, Brian P.; Richardson, Robert B.; Tembo, Gelson - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

both rural and urban areas. In Zambia, most rural households residing near forests extract a range of forest products for …

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Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …

Livestock products and fish form an important component of urban consumers’ diet accounting for about one third of the total monthly budgetary expenditure on food. The budgetary share of livestock products increases with affluence or household income while the opposite is true for fish; 2) The...

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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems …

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Demand for Maize Hybrids, Seed Subsidies, and Seed Decisionmakers in Zambia.

Smale, Melinda; Mason, Nicole M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major achievement …-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping season. …

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Smallholder Farmers Participation in Livestock Markets: The Case of Zambian Farmers.

Lubungu, Mary; Chapoto, Antony; Tembo, Gelson - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

, especially among the rural farmers in Zambia and other developing countries. However, smallholder livestock producers are …

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