Incidence, causative agents and strategy of control of mastitis among samllholder dairy herds in Morogoro, TanzaniaA study on the incidence, causative agents and strategy for control of mastitis was conducted on thirty urban and per-urban smallholder dairy farms in Morogoro. California Mastitis Test (CMT) was used in screening for mastitis. A total of 125 lactating cows were screened. The CMT positive quarter milk samples were tak...
Shekimweri, M.T;|Kurwijila, L.R;|Mgongo, F.O. K; Agriculture Mastitis Incidence Causative agents Morogoro Tanzania Livestock Agriculture & Livestock; Agriculture Mastitis Incidence Causative agents Morogoro Tanzania Livestock Agriculture & Livestock
Indigenous knowledge and irrigation development in TanzaniaTanzanian experience with irrigation is used to illustrate the important role of indigenous knowledge in developing and managing irrigated agriculture. The conceptual framework emphasizes the fact that indigenous knowledge is a dynamic process and that irrigating communities are capable of assimilating and adapting ou...
Maganga,Faustin P.; Indigenous knowledge Irrigation Irrigation development Development Tanzania; Indigenous knowledge Irrigation Irrigation development Development Tanzania
King cotton under sovereignty: The private marketing chain for cotton in Western Tanzania, 1997/98Examines the emergence of a private sector marketing chain for cotton in Tanzania in the period 1994/95-1997/98, based on field work conducted between June and September 1997. It embodies a description of the background to the current marketing system, cotton’s changing place in the Tanzanian macro-economy, the divisi...
Gibbon, P; Cotton Private sector Marketing systems Macro-economy Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock; Cotton Private sector Marketing systems Macro-economy Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock
Limping towards a ditch without a crutch: the Brave New World of Tanzanian Cotton Marketing CooperativesDescribes developments in cotton marketing cooperatives in Tanzania’s major cotton growing area between 1991 and 1997. During this period cooperatives underwent voluntarisation, lost state and donor financial support and (from 1995) had to face strong competition from private cotton buyers/ginners. After summarising t...
Gibbon, P; Marketing Liberalisation Cotton Cooperatives Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock; Marketing Liberalisation Cotton Cooperatives Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock
Muscle distribution in farm animals: comparison between goats and other farm animalsEight male goats were slaughtered at 36 kg live weight (approximately two thirds of mature weight) and dissected into individual anatomic muscle. Weights of individual muscles were then grouped into 8 funtional units and compared with published data on bulls, rams and boars. These was a wide species difference in "siz...
Mtenga, L.A.;|Owen, E.;|Muhikambele, V.R.M; Farm animals Goats Agriculture Sciences Journal article Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock; Farm animals Goats Agriculture Sciences Journal article Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock
Peasant cotton cultivation and marketing behaviour in Tanzania since liberalisationGibbon, p; Liberalisation Marketing Cotton cultivation Structural adjustment Agriculture Cotton sector Tanzania; Liberalisation Marketing Cotton cultivation Structural adjustment Agriculture Cotton sector Tanzania
Report of a policy dialogue workshop on "The end of small holder farming?"Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF); Rural sector Women employment Gender Agriculture food crops Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock; Rural sector Women employment Gender Agriculture food crops Tanzania Agriculture & Livestock
Tanzania, Agriculture, and the World BankThe World Bank; Agriculture & Livestock Agricultural development Agricultural reforms Agricultural export Agricultural policy reform Agricultural investment Rural poverty Poverty Tanzania; Agriculture & Livestock Agricultural development Agricultural reforms Agricultural export Agricultural policy reform Agricultural investment Rural poverty Poverty Tanzania
The dynamics of population, land scarcity, agriculture and non-agricultural activities: west Usambara Mountains, Lushoto district, TanzaniaJambiya, George; Agriculture development Agriculture & Livestock Tanzania Population Lushoto Afrika-Studiecentrum Institute of Resource Assessment; Agriculture development Agriculture & Livestock Tanzania Population Lushoto Afrika-Studiecentrum Institute of Resource Assessment
The Impact for Agricultural Parastatal Reform on Agricultural Development and Food Security in TanzaniaKapunda, Stephen M.; Tanzania Agriculture Parastatal reform Food security Agricultural development Agriculture & Livestock; Tanzania Agriculture Parastatal reform Food security Agricultural development Agriculture & Livestock
The implications of policies on growth, employment and sustainability of livelihood in TanzaniaShitundu, Joseph L.M; Tanzania Employment Economic growth Agricultural policy agriculture sector Manufacturing sector Agriculture & Livestock; Tanzania Employment Economic growth Agricultural policy agriculture sector Manufacturing sector Agriculture & Livestock
The use of labour-intensive irrigation technologies in alleviating poverty in Majengo, Mbeya rural districtShitundu, Joseph;|Luvanga, Nathanael; University of Dar es Salaam irrigation technologies Poverty Alleviation Mbeya Irrigation Poverty Agriculture; University of Dar es Salaam irrigation technologies Poverty Alleviation Mbeya Irrigation Poverty Agriculture
A comparative study of farmers' participation in two agricultural extension approaches in TanzaniaDouglah, Mohammad|Sicilima,Nicodemus; Farmers' participation in agriculture Agricultural extension approaches Agriculture Tanzania; Farmers' participation in agriculture Agricultural extension approaches Agriculture Tanzania
A framework for National Irrigation Policy and the Economic and Social Implications for future Irrigation Development Programmes in TanzaniaEconomic and Social Research Foundation; Tanzania Irrigation Policy Economic development Social development Development programmes ESRF Social Sector Agriculture Agriculture & Livestock; Tanzania Irrigation Policy Economic development Social development Development programmes ESRF Social Sector Agriculture Agriculture & Livestock
Agricultural project planning in Tanzania: a handbook on cycles and sequences, participation, identification,planning and design, economic and financial analysis, and environmental assessment of agricultural projects.Howlett, David|Nagu, Joseph; Institute of Development Management Development and project planning centre DFID Tanzania Agriculture Environment; Institute of Development Management Development and project planning centre DFID Tanzania Agriculture Environment
