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Changes in inorganic phosphorus following incubation of some Zambian soils
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: K. Kumoyo --- Department of Soil Science, Zambia O.A. Yerokun --- Department of Soil Science, Zambia M.I. Damaseke --- , ZambiaPhosphorus (P) deficiency is a major problem of many Zambian soils and annual applications of the recommended 60 kg P2O5 ha−1 (26 kg−1 ha−1) do not seem to reverse this trend. In order to better understand the dynamics of P... -
CHLOROPHYLL-a CONCENTRATION IN THE LOWER KAFUE RIVER AND CHONGWE RIVER BASINS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: Petr Obrdlik --- , Federal Republic of GermanyThe concentration of chlorophyll a was measured in the warm monomictic impoundment, Itezhi-tezhi Lake ([xbar] = 2,00 mg m−3); in the small, slightly polluted Chongwe Dam ([xbar] = 11,0 mg m−3); and in the temporary Mungasiya River ([xbar] = 53,4... -
Development of Community Psychology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Florence Chamvu --- University of Zambia, Jacqueline P. Jere-Folotiya --- University of Zambia, Kalima Kalima --- University of Zambia,The growth and development of community psychology in Zambia has been necessitated by many social problems encountered by Zambians be they health, economic or psychological. The work of governmental and nongovernmental organizations at community level has contributed to the development... -
Employment discrimination and HIV stigma: survey results from civil society organisations and people living with HIV in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Laurel Sprague --- Department of Political Science, United States Sara Simon --- , Belgium Courtenay Sprague --- Graduate School of Business Administration, South AfricaThe article presents findings from three surveys of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and civil society organisations about the experience of employment discrimination and stigma in the workplace. The work seeks to contribute to efforts by businesses and other organisations... -
The ‘Fish Trader+’ model: reducing female fish traders’ vulnerability to HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SaskiaMC Hüsken --- , Zambia Simon Heck --- , ZambiaAnalysis from research and practice in Africa shows that fishing communities are hardly reached by HIV-related services, education, and business services, partly because of the efforts and costs involved and a lack of good practice in reaching out to these... -
CHLOROPHYLL-a CONCENTRATION IN THE LOWER KAFUE RIVER AND CHONGWE RIVER BASINS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Petr Obrdlik --- , Federal Republic of GermanyThe concentration of chlorophyll a was measured in the warm monomictic impoundment, Itezhi-tezhí Lake ([xbar] = 2,00 mg m−3); in the small, slightly polluted Chongwe Dam ([xbar] = 11,0 mg m−3); and in the temporary Mungasiya River ([xbar] = 53,4... -
The Impact of Privatisation on Technological Upgrading: A Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Judith Fessehaie --- Research Associate, PRISM,This paper investigates the trajectory of Zambia's local supply chain to the copper mining sector. The policies adopted in the 1990s under the Structural Adjustment Programme succeeded in attracting much-needed foreign direct investment (FDI) to the mining sector. Nevertheless, state... -
Innovation, the informal economy and development: The case of Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ephraim Daka --- Innovation and Knowledge Economy, Finland Hannes Toivanen --- Innovation and Industrial Renewal, FinlandNational systems of innovation have been serving as the conceptual framework and vehicle to address poverty and national competitiveness in developing countries. Zambia has been building its NSI since 1964, but the existing system suffers from serious shortcomings related to... -
Contextual analysis of home environment factors influencing the acquisition of early reading skills in Zambian families
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tamara Chansa-Kabali --- Department of Psychology, Zambia Robert Serpell --- Department of Psychology, Zambia Heikki Lyytinen --- University of Jyväskylä, FinlandThis study examined the effect of home environment factors in the acquisition of early reading skills (orthographic awareness and decoding competence). To assess these factors, a sample of seventy-two (72) first grade learners (females = 55%; age range = 7–8 years) and their maternal... -
Past connection of the upper reaches of a Lake Tanganyika tributary with the upper Congo drainage suggested by genetic data of riverine cichlid fishes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S. Koblmüller --- Department of Zoology, Austria C. Katongo --- Department of Biological Sciences, Zambia H. Phiri --- Department of Fisheries, Zambia C. Sturmbauer --- Department of Zoology, AustriaThe Lufubu River is the largest tributary to the southern Lake Tanganyika and its upper reaches are eparated from the lake by rapids that prevent upstream movement of lacustrine fish. Thus, the ichthyofauna of the upper Lufubu River is clearly... -
The first record of Tardigrada from Zambia, with a description of Doryphoribius niedbalai n.sp. (Eutardigrada: Isohypsibiidae, the evelinae group)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Krzysztof Zawierucha --- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Poland Łukasz Michalczyk --- Department of Entomology, Poland Łukasz Kaczmarek --- Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, PolandIn three mixed samples (mosses and leaf litter) collected in Zambia (southern Africa), forty-three specimens and six eggs of eutardigrades were found. Among them, 29 specimens belonged to a new species of the family Isohypsibiidae, Doryphoribius niedbalai n.sp. The new... -
Survey of gastrointestinal parasite infection in African lion (Panthera leo), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) and spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Are R. Berentsen --- USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, U.S.A., 80521 Matthew S. Becker --- Zambian Carnivore Programme, Zambia Heather Stockdale-Walden --- University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, U.S.A., 32608 Wigganson Matandiko --- Zambia Wildlife Authority, Zambia Rachel McRobb --- South Luangwa Conservation Society, Montana Mike R. Dunbar --- USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, U.S.A., 80521Little is known about gastrointestinal parasite infections in large carnivores in Africa and what is available is largely from East Africa. We collected faecal samples from nine spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), 15 lions (Panthera leo) and 13 African wild dog... -
Ontogenetic variation and craniometric sexual dimorphism in the social giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), from Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: C.T. Chimimba1 --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa A.M. Sichilima --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa C.G. Faulkes --- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, U.K. N.C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe degree of maxillary molar tooth-row eruption and wear were used to assign samples of the social giant mole-rat, Fukomys mechowii, from Zambia, into nine relative age classes in order to assess ontogenetic (age) variation and craniometric sexual dimorphism, with... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices in the control and prevention of malaria in four endemic provinces of Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Nzooma M. Shimaponda-Mataa --- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Zambia Enala Tembo-Mwase --- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambia Michael Gebreslasie --- School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Samson Mukaratirwa --- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study sought to determine malaria knowledge levels, attitudes and practices of the communities in four malaria endemic provinces of Zambia. A cross-sectional survey on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on malaria transmission, prevention and control was conducted among 584... -
Zambian Invertebrate Scoring System (ZISS): A macroinvertebrate-based biotic index for rapid bioassessment of southern tropical African river systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: HF Dallas --- Freshwater Research Centre, Scarborough, South Africa S Lowe --- University of Glasgow, Scotland MP Kennedy --- Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, England K Saili --- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Zambia KJ Murphy --- University of Glasgow, ScotlandAn extensive survey of tropical rivers, conducted during 2009–2012 throughout Zambia, collected 151 samples of benthic macroinvertebrates, located on 95 rivers in six of the nine freshwater ecoregions. Associated data for physico-chemistry, human activities and ecosystem stressors were collected. Data... -
Undermining gender: women mineworkers at the rock face in a Zambian underground mine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: James Musonda --- , BelgiumThis article examines how women’s increased employment in the stereotypically masculine domain of large-scale underground mining affect gender stereotypes and cultural expectations in the Zambian Copperbelt. Based on three years of ethnographic research under and above the ground, it responds... -
Does conservation agriculture technology reduce farm household poverty? Evidence from rural Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abdul Nafeo Abdulai --- , Ghana Awal Abdul-Rahaman --- , GhanaThis study examines the adoption and impact of conservation agriculture on farm household poverty in Zambia using both provincial and average poverty lines, given that the poverty line is a key driver to the determination of household poverty. We probe... -
Modern family on the Zambian Copperbelt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: James Musonda --- University of Liège, BelgiumThe family model promoted amongst Zambian mineworkers since the colonial period was based on a male breadwinner and a female housewife. This article examines the family dynamics in a context in contemporary Zambia of growing employment precariousness, declining incomes for... -
An evaluation of a refresher training intervention for HIV lay counsellors in Chongwe District, Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Charles Msisuka --- , Zambia Ikuma Nozaki --- National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Kazuhiro Kakimoto --- Osaka Prefecture University, Motoko Seko --- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Mercy M S Ulaya --- National AIDS Council, ZambiaTo address a severe shortage of human resources for health, the Zambian Ministry of Health has begun to make use of lay counsellors for HIV counselling and testing. However, their skills and knowledge rarely have been reviewed or refreshed. We... -
Changes in sexual behaviour and practice and HIV prevalence indicators among young people aged 15–24 years in Zambia: An in-depth analysis of the 2001–2002 and 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Joshua Kembo --- , South AfricaHIV and AIDS still pose a major public health problem to most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia included. The objective of the paper is to determine changes in selected sexual behaviour and practice and HIV prevalence indicators between 2001–2002 and... -
Killing tsetse and/or saving wildlife? A multispecies assemblage in colonial Zambia (1895–1959)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Léa Lacan --- University of Cologne, GermanyThis article investigates the problem of the tsetse fly and the trypanosomiasis disease it conveys as a transforming multispecies assemblage in colonial Zambia from the late nineteenth century until 1959. Based on archival research, it analyses the tsetse fly (Glossina... -
A guiding framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation: Evidence from a developing country context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Franco Muleya --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Joseph Phiri --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Sambo Zulu --- Leeds Beckett University, UK Peter L. Simasiku --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Mercy Situtu --- Kitwe and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ZambiaPublic-private partnerships have long existed in literature, primarily in the construction sector. However, there is a paucity of research on the research and innovation ecosystem. This research aims to develop a framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation... -
The economic contribution of wild edible mushrooms as a non-timber forest product in the Copperbelt province of Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Anthony Sinyangwe --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Dayoung Kim --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Gihyun Park --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Gayoung Won --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Hyungsik Jeong --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Joongwon You --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Hee Han --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Joosang Chung --- Seoul National University, Republic of KoreaWild edible mushrooms (WEMs) are an important non-timber forest product (NTFP) that contributes significantly to rural livelihoods in many parts of the world. However, information on their utilisation, economic importance and the factors affecting their availability is often limited. This...
