Zambia
Optimizing Fertilizer & ISFM in Zambia
- Summary:
Optimizing Fertilizer Use within the Context of Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Zambia is chapter 16 of the OFRA publication - Fertilizer use optimization in sub-Saharan Africa
OFRA book on Fertilizer Use Optimization - low res
- Languages:
- English
Zambia ISFM-soil test decision table
- Summary:
The decision table works with the fertilizer optimisation tool to support farmers with fertilizer investment decisions.
- Languages:
- English
Crop pests & diseases affecting African smallholders – manual
- Summary:
This manual provides clear, actionable information on the most important pests and diseases that affect the major food crops grown by smallholder farmers in Africa. Crops covered are: cereals (maize, millet, sorghum, rice), legumes (groundnuts, beans and cowpeas) roots and tubers (cassava, sweet potato, yam) and banana.
For each pest or disease, information is provided on how to recognise the problem, what to do to prevent it occurring and how to control it when it occurs. The management options for each pest or disease are divided into ‘cultural approaches’, such as use of resistant varieties, clean seed, crop rotations and good hygiene in the field, and ‘chemical approaches’, which involve the use of appropriate pesticides. In addition information is provided on the organism that causes the problem and its impact. Finally, a short list of publications and websites is given where additional information can be obtained.
A team of plant health experts has compiled this information; in doing so they have drawn upon the latest research and information available in 2015.
- Languages:
- English
Double soybean yields, increase income – leaflet
- Summary:
Double soybean yields, increase income, is a 2 page x A4 leaflet. Produced at a write-shop in Kenya facilitated by ASHC for farmers in Zambia.
- Languages:
- English
Benefits of inoculation – poster
- Summary:
A3 landscape poster outlining the benefits of inoculation. Produced at a write-shop in Kenya facilitated by ASHC for farmers in Zambia.
- Languages:
- English
Double soybean yields, increase income – poster
- Summary:
Double soybean yields, increase income is a n A3 poster produced at a write-shop in Kenya facilitated by ASHC for farmers in Zambia.
- Languages:
- English
Pest factsheet: Sorghum downy mildew
- Summary:
This guide sets out the causes, impact, signs and symptoms of sorghum downy mildew and offers practical advice on management through prevention and control strategies.
- Languages:
- English, Swahili / Kiswahili
Pest factsheet: Larger grain borer
- Summary:
This guide sets out the causes, impact, signs and symptoms of larger grain borer and offers practical advice on management through prevention and control strategies.
- Languages:
- English, Swahili / Kiswahili