Challenges of Smallholder Soybean Production and Commercialization in Eastern Province of Zambia
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INTRODUCTION: Soybean offers a variety of potential benefits to the production systems, diets, and incomes of smallholder producers. In addition to being a potentially profitable cash crop, the high protein content (about 40%) in soybean means it could also contribute to improved nutritional status of rural households. Finally, soybean also has potential agronomic benefit of rejuvenating soils by fixing atmospheric nitrogen into the soil and decaying root residues improve soil fertility.
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