Factors Determining the Level of Maize Production among Small Scale Farmers in Chisamba District, Zambia

The majority of small-scale farmers in Zambia is poor and experiences numerous hardships due to decreasing land productivity (Mwale, 2002). The decrease in land productivity has been attributed to several factors including soil degradation due to long term practice of low input agriculture and poor farming systems associated with government policy of subsidizing chemical fertilizers for maize production.