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Timber potential value in the eastern-arc mountains, Tanzania: Nyanganje Forest Reserve

Makero, Joseph Sitima (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2009)

The study was conducted to determine the quantity of timber and extent of illegal timber harvesting in Eastern Arc Mountains. Data were collected using three techniques: desktop review which was used to collect information ...
The misguided future of co-operatives and the climate threat in Africa: learning the wrong lessons

Kasongi, Donald (Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS), 2011-09)

The vibrant post-independence co-operative model in Africa was characterized by local rootedness that guaranteed members of local ownership .Despite the fundamental basis of most co-operatives being cash crop production ...
The role of traditional knowledge and local institutions in the conservation of micro-catchment forests among the Sonjo agro-pastoralists, Ngorongoro district, Tanzania

Rurai, Masegeri Tumbuya (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2007)

Early attempts to solve environmental problems without local people’s knowledge and institutions involvement have achieved very little success. Consequently the rate of natural resources degradation particularly in ...
Influence of forestland tenure regimes on forest condition and community livelihoods in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Kitula, Mariam Mohamed (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2011)

Uluguru Mountains are dominated by different forestland tenure regimes, but is not known which one has more positive influence on forest condition and community livelihoods. This study was conducted with the objective ...
Socio-economic factors influencing land use and vegetation cover changes in and around Kagoma Forest Reserve Kagera region, Tanzania

Nzunda, Nanjiva Geofrey (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2011)

The Miombo woodland ecosystem has been and continues to face conservation threats. Understanding of changes happening in such ecosystem overtime is important for establishing management baseline data. This study assessed ...
Role of agroforestry products in household income and poverty reduction in semi-arid areas of Misungwi district, Mwanza, Tanzania

Maduka, Stephen Manoni (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2007)

Agroforestry practice like any other land use practice has been reported to produce different benefits and products, which enhance household incomes and reduce poverty. This study was conducted in order to examine the ...
Vegetation cover changes in Ngorongoro conservation area from 1975 to 2000: The importance of Remote Sensing Images

Niboye, Elliott P. (Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35169, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2010)

Ngorongoro conservation area is a multiple land-use system established in 1959 to provide for both wildlife conservation and economic development of resident Maasai pastoralists. A study was conducted by analyzing ...
Global warming control to mitigate climate change

Massawe, Antipas T. S. (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-03-08)

Paper describes a proposed development of empirical model of global warming fit on the collective determinants in all countries. Aim is to enable establishment and comparison of the collective effects of global determinants ...
Impact of conservation and development interventions on livelihoods and forest resources management in Pangani River Basin: a case of Muheza District, Tanzania

Mwembe, Uhuru Levenson (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2008)

An increase in human population has led to land scarcity, shortage of water for irrigation and catchments forest degradation in Pangani River Basin. The response to the socioeconomic and environmental problems in the ...
Governance challenges in Tanzania’s environmental impact assessment practice

Sosovele, Hussein (International Scholars Journals, 2013-09-10)

Tanzania has had an interesting history of Environmental Impact Assessments (EA). Few assessments were conducted prior to 2004 leading to a process of voluntary compliance without explicit laws to enforce the process. ...
Soil organic carbon stocks in the dominant soils of the Miombo woodland ecosystem of Kitonga Forest Reserve, Iringa, Tanzania

Shelukindo, H. B.; Semu, E.; Msanya, B. M.; Singh, B. R.; Munishi, P. K. T. (Journal Issues Limited, 2014-03-26)

Few studies have determined the soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in the Miombo woodlands ecosystem in Tanzania. Standard field and laboratory procedures were used to evaluate SOC storage in the Miombo woodlands ecosystem ...
The role of development projects in strengthening community-based adaptation strategies: the case of Uluguru mountains agricultural development project (UMADEP)-Morogoro-Tanzania

Mussa, Kassim Ramadhani; Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Malisa, Emmanuel Timothy (International Scholars Journals, 2012-05-29)

This study was trying to find out whether the designing and implementation of the Uluguru Mountain Agricultural Development Project (UMADEP) has taken into account the hazards, impacts and risks associated with climate ...
Potential of carbon storage in major soil types of the Miombo woodland ecosystem, Tanzania: A review

Shelukindo, H. B.; Semu, E.; Msanya, B. M.; Munishi, P. K. T.; Maliondo, S. M. S.; Singh, B. R. (Academic and Scientific Publishing, 2014-07)

This review was undertaken to explore the potential of soils to sequester and store large quantities of carbon (C) in the form of soil organic carbon (SOC) from the view point of global climate change regulation and reduced ...
Predictor variables for soil organic carbon contents in the Miombo woodlands ecosystem of Kitonga forest reserve, Tanzania

Shelukindo, H. B.; Semu, E.; Singh, B. R.; Munishi, P. K. T. (International Scholars Journals, 2014-07)

Few studies have established the variables which adequately predict SOC storage in the Miombo woodlands. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish the variables which could predict SOC contents in dominant soils ...
The land use and cover change in miombo woodlands under community based forest management and its implication to climate change mitigation: a case of Southern Highlands of Tanzania

Lupala, Z. J.; Lusambo, L. P.; Ngaga, Y. M.; Makatta, Angelingis A. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015-02-23)

In Tanzania, miombo woodland is the most significant forest vegetation with both ecological and socioeconomic importance. The vegetation has been threatened from land use and cover change due to unsustainable utilization. ...
Understanding watershed dynamics and impacts of climate change and variability in the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania

Lalika, Makarius C.S.; Meire, Patrick; Ngaga, Yonika M.; Chang’a, Ladislaus (Elsevier, 2014-12-02)

Watersheds and rivers are vital ecological features for the provision of hydrological services for the health, welfare and prosperity of human communities. Nevertheless, anthropogenic activities coupled with climate ...
Crop adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid zone in Tanzania: the role of genetic resources and seed systems

Westengen, Ola T.; Brysting, Anne K. (2014-02-01)

Background: Rural livelihoods relying on agriculture are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Climate models project increasingly negative effects on maize and sorghum production in sub-Saharan Africa. We present a ...
Monetary incentives to avoid deforestation under the reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)+ climate change mitigation scheme in Tanzania

Araya, Meley M.; Hofstad, Ole (Springer, 2014-09-10)

The paper estimates and compares the level of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) payments required to compensate for the opportunity costs (OCs) of stopping the conversion of montane forest and ...
Human energy requirements in Jatropha oil production for rural electrification in Tanzania

Grimsby, Lars Kåre; Aune, Jens Bernt; Johnsen, Fred Håkon (Elsevier, 2012-05-26)

Mini-grids connecting households to a generator can be a solution for providing rural communities in developing countries with electricity. Substituting diesel with locally produced Jatropha oil can improve economic and ...
Resource rent capture in lake victoria fisheries

Kulindwa, Kassim (Economic Research Bureau of the University of Dar es Salaam, 2006-06)

Fisheries activities in Lake Victoria have grown tremendously in the 1990s largely due to the export of Nile perch (NP) to mainly European markets. Exploitation of NP has been intensive to the extent of threatening the ...

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