1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Women in Sub-Saharan Africa including Zambia, constitute the majority of people living in rural areas. They provide over 70% of all agricultural labour required especially in food production done mainly at subsistence level (WLSA, 2001 p 16). Further studies have shown that over 60% of the active populations in Sub-Saharan Africa depend on land for livelihood (EC...

Whether through sea level rise or wetland restoration, agricultural soils in coastal areas will be inundated at increasing rates, renewing connections to sensitive surface waters and raising critical questions about environmental trade-offs. Wetland restoration is often implemented in agricultural catchments to improve water quality through nutrient removal. Yet flooding of soils can also incre...

Abstract The phenylurea herbicides are an important group of pesticides used extensively for pre- or post-emergence weed control in cotton, fruit and cereal crops worldwide. The detection of phenylurea herbicides and their metabolites in surface and ground waters has raised the awareness of the important role played by agricultural soils in determining water quality. The degradation of phenylur...