Southern Province Of Zambia Research Articles

My student elective: ‘Serving god and the people in Zambia’

My elective was spent at Chikankata Hospital which is a 240 bed rural Mission Hospital located in the Southern Province of Zambia, It lies 130 miles south-east of the country's capital Lusaka, an hour's drive from the nearest larmac road, and towards Lake Kariba and the border with Zimbabwe. Tile hospital is administered by the Salvation Army and is now well established, having been founded in 1943 19 years after the Salvation Army lirst entered Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) (Figure I), The surrounding countryside is Savannah Plains, with a range of hills some 300 feet high forming a back drop in the north. The local people belong to the Tonga tribe. This group holds influence throughout Zambia's Southern Province. They are largely subsistence farmers reliant on their main crops maize and sunflower. The crops are precious and are protected from two prcdators, foraging baboons from the hills and 'evil Spirits'. To defend against these threats the people stand guard and place charms in the fields.

Patterns of Agricultural Development and Foreign Aid to Zambia

Development and ChangeVolume 15, Issue 3 p. 405-434 Patterns of Agricultural Development and Foreign Aid to Zambia William Smith, William Smith a Research Associate of the Science Council of Canada, Ottawa. He is currently responsible for a policy study on Canadian agriculture and biotechnology. He was a lecturer in geography in the University of Zambia and subsequently worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of TorontoSearch for more papers by this authorAdrian Wood, Adrian Wood Senior Research Fellow at the Rural Development Studies Bureau of the University of Zambia. His current research is a longitudinal study of the commercialization of peasant farming in Zambia's Southern Province and the dynamics of differentiation that have operated in that area. He is also working on the consequences of recent reforms introduced into Zambia's agricultural policySearch for more papers by this author William Smith, William Smith a Research Associate of the Science Council of Canada, Ottawa. He is currently responsible for a policy study on Canadian agriculture and biotechnology. He was a lecturer in geography in the University of Zambia and subsequently worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of TorontoSearch for more papers by this authorAdrian Wood, Adrian Wood Senior Research Fellow at the Rural Development Studies Bureau of the University of Zambia. His current research is a longitudinal study of the commercialization of peasant farming in Zambia's Southern Province and the dynamics of differentiation that have operated in that area. He is also working on the consequences of recent reforms introduced into Zambia's agricultural policySearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1984 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1984.tb00188.xCitations: 5 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume15, Issue3July 1984Pages 405-434 RelatedInformation

Tick infestation patterns in the southern province of Zambia

The species-patterns and incidence level of ticks on the larger wild animals and on rodents were examined between 1966 and 1969 in the Southern Province, Zambia. The rodents, except for the elephant shrew, porcupine, and hare, were infrequently infested. The antelopes, except for the eland, had a mean infestation of under nine per individual, the buffalo, zebra, suids and the eland over 20. Twenty species of ticks were found on these hosts. On the ruminants Hyalomma rufipes Koch was absent, and H. truncatum Koch was the most frequent; Rhipicephalus simus Koch, R. tricuspis Dön. and R. pravus group were common. Boophilus decoloratus (Koch) was rare, R. evertsi Neum. infrequent except on zebra and lechwe, and R. appendiculatus Neum occurred on only four of the 15 ruminant species examined. Except on the elephant, Amblyomma was represented solely by A. pomposum Dön.Periodic deticking of cattle, sheep and goats yielded precise quantitative information on the seasonal changes in incidence and species-patterns of ticks. Eighteen species were found on the domestic herbivores. On cattle B. decoloratus was usually numerous and often dominant, except where controlled by dipping or spraying. Compared with infestations on wild animals, H. rufipes was frequent, A. pomposum was replaced by A. variegatum (F.), and R. evertsi and R. appendiculatus were numerous; R. simus, R. tricuspis and the R. pravus group were usually in relatively low numbers.The proportions of the different species on cattle varied widely between the stations and at different seasons. Intensive stocking, with resultant grazing down of the fieldlayer, increased the R. evertsi numbers markedly throughout the year, and depressed the numbers of Hyalomma sp., A. variegatum and of the less common Rhipicephalids during the dry season; except for A. variegatum, their numbers and those of R. appendiculatus rose, however, during the wet season to higher levels than on the less intensively stocked paddocks. Some evidence is presented that Barotse cattle are more heavily infested than Sindhi and Boran cattle.

Leprosy control in the southern province of Zambia.

Leprosy control in the southern province of Zambia.

Seasonal abundance of Tabanidae at Mazabuka, Zambia

SynopsisAn account is given of daily catches of Tabanidae over a two‐year period in six different localities at Mazabuka in the southern province of Zambia.