Zambia

Animal Traction in Zambia

Resources available on animal traction in Zambia The following documents relating to animal traction in Zambia can be viewed and/or downloaded in pdf format: Some of these documents derive from ATNESA workshops or the workshops of the West Africa Animal Traction Network. Some have been prepared by animal traction specialists for other collaborating organisations or networks. (If you do not have Adobe Acrobat 4 which is needed to view and print these pdf files, you can download it free of charge from http://www.adobe.com) Most papers have file sizes between 150 kb and 500 kb. Depending on the speed of your connection, these files will take between one and four minutes to download. Papers with photographs generally have larger files and these are marked in yellow (over one megabyte) or red (over two megabytes) and these will take longer to download. Gender and animal draught power: experiences of Palabana with small scale farmers in Zambia by R. Mofya and N. Chisenga Community based cattle projects in Zambia: a new approach to oxenisation by C. Kaoma-Sprenkels and N. Mwenda Animal traction development and gender: experiences from Western Province, Zambia by G M Bwalya and M Akombelwa Animal power for weed control: experiences in Zambia by Emmanuel Mwenya Training and extension for animal traction and animal-powered weeding in Zambia by Kenneth Chelemu A scheme for training extension workers on animal power for weed control Palabana Animal Draft Power Programme, Zambia Procedures for evaluating and promoting animal-drawn weed control implements in Zambia by Piet Stevens Weeding with draft animal power in Kaoma District, Zambia by Nawa Siyambango and Martin van Leeuwen Animal power for weed control in Kaoma District, Zambia by Andrew K Muma A note on weeding demonstrations in northern Zambia by Margaret K Lombe Hiring and lending of oxen for plowing in Kaoma, Zambia by Kennedy Kakwaba and Martin van Leeuwen Challenges of animal draft technologies in North Western Province, Zambia by Ivor Mukuka Challenges and constraints of animal traction in Luapula Province, Zambia by Alexander Mutali Gender issues in animal draft power weeding technology in Zambia by E A Sakala Towards privatisation in draft animal power extension in Zambia by Martin van Leeuwen Animal traction and market conditions: a case study from south-western Tanzania and northern Zambia by Torben Birch-Thomsen Ox carts in Kaoma, Zambia by Martin van Leeuwen and Nawa Siyambango Dry season crop residue feeding for improved draft power in Zambia by J H Meinderts, M Chibango and N Mwenda Surveying animal traction use in Zambia by Henk J Dibbits Conservation tillage for soil and water conservation using draft animal power in Zambia by Kenneth Chelemu and Peter Nindi Donkey promotion in Western Province, Zambia by Given Mwaika Bwalya Extension staff and farmer training challenges in donkey traction applications by Martin Bwalya Donkey lending and credit schemes in rural Zambia by Christina Chisembele and Mwilola Imakando Social consequences of introducing donkeys into Zambia by Rhoda Mofya Donkeys in Zambia: experiences with their importation and quarantine by Emmanuel Mwenya and Christina Chisembele Conservation tillage in Zambia: Some technologies, Indigenous methods and environmental issues by J.M. Siacinji-Musiwa IMAG-DLO and conservation tillage: Activities and Experiences by C. Kaoma-Sprenkels, P.A. Stevens and A.A. Wanders Efforts and initiatives for supply of conservation tillage equipment in Zambia by Isaac Sakala Conservation farming with animal traction in smallholder farming systems: Palabana experiences by Martin Bwalya A note on improving the profitability of a large-scale commercial farm in Zambia through the use of oxen by Bruce Danckwerts Improving management of draft animals in Zambia by Gervazio B M Phiri Design innovations to simplify the regulation of animal-drawn mouldboard plows in Zambia by Hans Helsloot* A note on improving the supply and distribution of animal-drawn implements in Zambia by E A Sakala The importance of women's participation in animal traction in Zambia by Margaret Lombe, Christine Sikanyika and Annie N Tembo The impact of mobile ox plowing courses for women in the Western Province of Zambia by Cara Hocking* A note on the use of animal traction by women in North Western Province, Zambia by Ivor Mukuka Transfer of animal traction technology in Zambia: an historical perspective by Adrian Wood 1 and John Milimo 2 Constraints and opportunities in the transfer of draft animal technologies in Zambia by Martin Bwalya Transfer of animal traction technology to farmers in the North Western Province of Zambia by Christian Löffler Experiences with improving animal traction technology in Kaoma District, Western Province of Zambia by H G Kamphuis A note on animal draft power in Kabwe Smallholder Development Project, Central Province, Zambia by A Mkandawire Transfer of animal traction technology in Luapula Province, Zambia by S L Lubumbe Transfer of animal traction technologies in Zambia through on-farm programmes by Roelof A Meijer Rural transport in Zambia: the design of an ox cart which can be produced in rural areas by H Vroom Experience with the introduction of animal-power systems in Zambia by Hans Drechsel1 and Christian Löffler Animal traction technology for logging in Zambia by Christopher Kalima Animal draft power in Zambia: constraints to development and possibilities for improvements by E Mwenya, W N M Mwenya and H J Dibbits Animal traction technology in Niger and some implications for Zambia by Fred Kruit The need for standardized producers to test ox-drawn implement: experience from Zambia by R A Meijer and K Chelemu Historical and present constraints to the use of animal traction in Zambia by H J Dibbits and M Sindazi A note on the impact of animal traction in Zambia by K Chiteta The impact of the oxenization programme in the North-Western Province of Zambia by D L Soko Involvement of women in animal traction in Kaoma District, Zambia by Andrew K. Muma Animal traction in Zambia: status, progress and trends Full 114-page document (NB large file 5 Mb). by Starkey P, Dibbits H and Mwenya E also available in three parts for easier downloading Animal traction in Zambia: Summary and contents (small 345 kb file). Animal traction in Zambia Part 1 (large file 2.7 Mb) Animal traction in Zambia Part 2 (large file 2.5 Mb) See also ATNESA Donkey workshop See also Conservation Tillage report and proceedings	ATNESA Home Page Country resources Pages Thematic resources page ATNESA Home Page
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Animal traction contacts in Zambia See also the tributes to Emmanuel Mwenya 1957-2004 Africare, through its Smallholder Agricultural Mechanization Promotions (SAMeP) is spearheading the formation of a national animal traction network in Zambia. A draft proposal is in its final stages and will soon be discussed at a workshop whose date and venue will be announced soon. At the moment, the proposed secretariat of this network is at SAMeP. For more information contact: Isaac Sakala Coordinator of SAMeP (Africare) Smallholder Agricultural Mechanization Promotions (SAMeP) Africare Zambia, Box 33921, Lusaka, Zambia Office tel: + 260 01 264406 Office fax: + 260 01 262377 Mobile: +260 96 436728 Email samep@zamnet.zm Click here to e-mail your ideas to web-liaison@atnesa.org

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