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Fruits and vegetables are basically horticultural products, which deteriorate fast after harvest. They are characterized by high moisture contents and tenderness. These fruits and vegetables had every low profile in Morogoro region in the past, but since 1998s they are increasingly becoming strategic products because...

Kasimila, B.J.|Wambura, R.M.|Nnko, S.A.M; Sokoine University of Agriculture Marketing of fruits and vegetables Agriculture & Livestock Economic development Morogoro Tanzania; Sokoine University of Agriculture Marketing of fruits and vegetables Agriculture & Livestock Economic development Morogoro Tanzania

Urban agriculture in Tanzania has been in existence for many decades. Presently urban agriculture is both extensive and intensive. Urban farmers come from all walks of life. From highly placed government civil servants and wealthy businessmen to the most disadvantaged slum dwellers. Urban agriculture is constrained by...

Mvena, Zebedayo S.K; Journal article Agriculture economics Agriculture development Urban agriculture Tanzania Agriculture; Journal article Agriculture economics Agriculture development Urban agriculture Tanzania Agriculture

Mongomongo,K| Gembe, N; Animal traction Agriculture Agriculture & Livestock Mbozi,mbeya Atnesa; Animal traction Agriculture Agriculture & Livestock Mbozi; mbeya Atnesa

Discusses the debate around farmers' management of local plant genetic resources. It seek to develop a theoretical framework for analysing farmers management of plant genetic resources using examples from fieldwork carried out in 1995-1997 among farmers in Tanzania with a focus on the 1994/95 growing season. The study...

Friis-Hansen, E; Socio-economic Management Farming Genetic resources Tanzania Social Sector Agriculture & Livestock; Socio-economic Management Farming Genetic resources Tanzania Social Sector Agriculture & Livestock

Experimental research into soil water management, whether on a research station or on farmers’ fields, is necessarily restricted to specific sites over limited time interval. Meaningful extrapolation is problem. With this in mind, the SUA –Newcastle RWH project pursued a twin-track approach in which the experiment eff...

Gowing,J.W.;|Young, M.D.B.;|Rwehumbiza, F.B.R; Agriculture & Livestock Soil water Management Computer Tanzania; Agriculture & Livestock Soil water Management Computer Tanzania

The experiment was conducted at Sokoine University of Agriculture from June 1997 to December 1997. The forages were cut at vegetative stage of growth and ensiled for 45 days. The additives tested were mixed with chopped forage material before ensiling. Dry matter contents were significantly (P<0.05) different between...

Kavana,P.Y.|Mtengeti,E.J.|Urio,N.A.; Tanzania Society of Animal Production (TSAP); Sugar cane Silage making Tropical grass silage Tanzania; Sugar cane Silage making Tropical grass silage Tanzania

The paper presents a brief review of Tanzania’s agro-industrial development since independence and during the period of a centrally planned economy. The main focus was on import substitution industries and sometimes import/export dependant industries, which did not perform well due to either under capacity utilisation...

Kurwijila, L.R; Sokoine University of Agriculture Tanzania Economic development Agriculture & Livestock Agro-processing; Sokoine University of Agriculture Tanzania Economic development Agriculture & Livestock Agro-processing

Semboja, Haji;|Bitegeko, Janet;|Hatibu, Nuhu;|Kuchuliza, A K;|Limbu, Festus;|Macha, Degratius Philip;|Sempho, George; Vision 2020 Agriculture Agriculture & Livestock; Vision 2020 Agriculture Agriculture & Livestock

Wobst, Peter; Accounting Matix Tanzania Social matrix Macroeconomics Agriculture & Livestock; Accounting Matix Tanzania Social matrix Macroeconomics Agriculture & Livestock

Nkonya,Ephraim|Xavery, Peter|Akonaay,Herman|Mwangi,Wilfred|Anandajayasekeram,Ponniah|Verkuijl,Hugo|Martella,David|Moshi,Alfred; Agriculture Maize production Production technologies Tanzania; Agriculture Maize production Production technologies Tanzania

Katinila, Nathaniel| Verkuijl, Hugo|Mwangi, Wilfred|Anandajayasekeram,Ponniah|Moshi, Alfred J.; Maize production Maize Agriculture Tanzania; Maize production Maize Agriculture Tanzania

Tanzania is among the many African countries that have engaged in agricultural liberalization since the mid-1980s, in the hope that reforms, which introduce price incentives and efficient marketing, will encourage producers to respond. This paper assesses that claim by examining the supply response of agriculture out...

Mckay, Andrew|Morrissey, Oliver|Vaillant, Charlotte; Agriculture Tanzania Agricultural liberalisation Agricultural markets Agriculture & Livestock Agricultural output Food supply; Agriculture Tanzania Agricultural liberalisation Agricultural markets Agriculture & Livestock Agricultural output Food supply

This paper examines the changing lifestyle in rural Sukumaland. A case study of two villages in Kwimba District is used to demonstrate the nature and extent of the change in life patterns and resource control at the household level. Farming in Sukumaland constitutes an economic livelihood and a social identity. Almost...

Madulu, Ndalahwa F.; Rural developemnt Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock Mwanza Kwimba Employment; Rural developemnt Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock Mwanza Kwimba Employment

This report presents the findings of research carried out between December 1996 and December 1997 in two villages in Lushoto District which formed a part of the Beyond the Shamba research project undertaken by the Institute of Resource Assessment of the University of Dar es Salaam and the Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden,...

Mung'ong'o, C.G.; Rural development Tanzania Rural employment TAS Afrika-Studiecentrum Institute of Resource Assessment Njombe Agriculture & Livestock; Rural development Tanzania Rural employment TAS Afrika-Studiecentrum Institute of Resource Assessment Njombe Agriculture & Livestock

Mbiha, R.R;|Turuka, F.M;|Temu,A.E;|Mdoe, N.S.Y;|Mlabiti, M.E.; Agriculture & Livestock Comparative advantage Domestic resource cost Policy analysis matrix Agricultural production and trade Coffe Cotton Maize Rice Tanzania Sokoine University of Agriculture; Agriculture & Livestock Comparative advantage Domestic resource cost Policy analysis matrix Agricultural production and trade Coffe Cotton Maize Rice Tanzania Sokoine University of Agriculture