Farming Systems in Chief Mukwikile's Area, Chinsali South, Northern Province: Constraints to Increased Production Focussing on Input Supply and Market Opportunities1993 - Agricultural systems - 84 pages |
Contents
LIST OF DIAGRAMS Page | 3 |
INTRODUCTION Page | 7 |
OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA Page | 10 |
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agricultural production analysis arca area cultivated area planted average bags sold basal beer brewing carried cash crop cassava cattle CEOs chickens Chief Mukwikile's area Chinsali District chitemene plots commercialisation communal labour constraint to production constraints to increasing consumption CUSA and NCU delivery of fertilizer depots early millet Education in Zambia factors fallow farming systems female headed households fertilizer and seed fertilizer application finger millet Food Security groundnuts growers Hammer Mill harvest hectares hybrid seed ibala plots identified inadequate income Input Financing input supply inputs and credit interviews IRDP lack of marketing land late delivery limited livestock loans Lusaka maize crop maize production maize seed major constraints Mpika Mukwikile NCU and CUSA Northern nshima obtain credit organisations poor access population density providing purchased inputs Sala Mano sample farmers seasonal credit shifting cultivation Sorghum sown staple study area subsistence crops timeliness of planting top dressing transport weeding women Zambia