Why Is Adoption of Agroforestry Stymied in Zambia? Perspectives from the Ground-Up 4704 Gillian Kabwe, Hugh Bigsby and Ross Cullen
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African Journal of A gricultural Research Table of Contents: Volume 11 Number 46, 17 November, 2016 ARTICLES Why is adoption of agroforestry stymied in Zambia? Perspectives from the ground-up 4704 Gillian Kabwe, Hugh Bigsby and Ross Cullen Jatropha curcas performance in intercropping with forages grass and grain crops species 4718 João Alfredo Neto Da Silva, Cesar José Da Silva, Cristiano Márcio Alvez De Souza, Luiz Alberto Staut and Ademar Pereira Serra Evaporation of soil water based on the quantity and uniformity of crop waste distribution in soil superficies 4726 Daiane Cinque Mariano, Paulo Sergio Lourenco de Freitas, Rogerio Teixeira Faria, Roberto Rezende, Rivanildo Dallacort and Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva Determining and modeling the physical, thermal and aerodynamic properties of Pinto beans with different water contents 4735 Mateus Morais Santos, Ivano Alessandro Devilla, Cristiane Fernandes Lisboa, Pâmella de Carvalho Melo and Arlindo Modesto Antunes Analysis of trend in agricultural services received by farmers in Benue State, Nigeria 4742 Iwuchukwu J. C. and Nwobodo Cynthia E. Physical properties of an Oxisol under different planting and management systems 4749 Elson de Jesus Antunes Júnior and Elton Fialho dos REIS Evaluating land suitability for irrigation purpose in Abaya district, Borena zone, Ethiopia 4754 Temesgen Kebede and Yonas Ademe Effect of different container volumes and concentration of the controlled release fertilizer in the production of Eugenia involucrata DC. seedlings 4762 Daniele Guarienti Rorato, Maristela Machado Araujo, Adriana Falcão Dutra, Felipe Turchetto, Álvaro Luís Pasquetti Berghetti and Patrícia Mieth Electric energy consumption and economic feasibility of led lighting system in broiler house 4768 Solles Augusto Rovaris, Jair Antonio Cruz Siqueira, Carlos Eduardo Camargo Nogueira, Samuel Nelson Melegari de Souza, Andrei Antonio Mondardo, Reginaldo Ferreira Santos, Claudinei de Almeida, Glaucio José Gomes and Amauri Massochin African Journal of Agricultural Research Table of Contents: Volume 11 Number 46, 17 November, 2016 ARTICLES Effects of different tillage systems and plant densities in corn silage yield 4774 Masoud Mohseni and Mohammad Hossein Haddadi Growth of eucalyptus seedlings irrigated with different wastewaters 4779 Joiran Luiz Magalhães, Gustavo André Simon, June Faria Scherrer Menezes, Arthur Almeida Rodrigues, Uilter Sousa Azambuja, Douglas Almeida Rodrigues and Antônio Carlos Saraiva da Costa Characteristics of soils under seasonally flooded wetlands (oshanas) in north-central Namibia 4786 Yoshinori Watanabe, Fisseha Itanna, Yuichiro Fujioka, Ausiku Petrus and Morio Iijima Improved production systems for common bean on Phaeozem soil in South-Central Uganda 4796 Lance H. Goettsch, Andrew W. Lenssen, Russell S. Yost, Ebby S. Luvaga, Onesmus Semalulu, Moses Tenywa and Robert E. Mazur Sweet potato cultivars grown and harvested at different times in semiarid Brazil 4810 José Ricardo Tavares de Albuquerque, Rayanne Maria Paula Ribeiro, Luiz Aurélio Freitas Pereira, Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior, Lindomar Maria da Silveira, Manoel Galdino dos Santos, Almir Rogério Evangelista de Souza, Hamurábi Anizio Lins and Francisco Bezerra Neto Traps to capture fruit fly Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) 4819 Mileny dos Santos de Souza, Robério de Oliveira, Matheus de Andrade Borba, Jacinto de Luna Batista, Gilmar da Silva Nunes, Gemerson Machado de Oliveira and Izabela Nunes do Nascimento Vol. 11(46), pp. 4704-4717, 17 November, 2016 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2016.10952 Article Number: F2E33CD61705 African Journal of Agricultural ISSN 1991-637X Copyright ©2016 Research Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR Full Length Research Paper Why is adoption of agroforestry stymied in Zambia? Perspectives from the ground-up Gillian Kabwe1*, Hugh Bigsby2 and Ross Cullen2 1Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Resources, Copperbelt University, P. O. Box 21692,