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Lake Victoria Pesticide residues Fishing Controls of pesticides Tanzania; Lake Victoria Pesticide residues Fishing Controls of pesticides Tanzania

This paper highlights the issues related to the role of information technology (IT) in agriculture with emphasis on developing countries, especially Africa and Tanzania in particular. It summarises the importance of information in generating and disseminating agricultural technologies. The paper further focuses on cur...

Kaaya, Janet; Information and communication Technology (ICT) Agriculture & Livestock Information Technology Tanzania; Information and communication Technology (ICT) Agriculture & Livestock Information Technology Tanzania

UNICEF;|Tanzania United Republic; Family Care International UNICEF Safe motherhood Mufindi Tanzania Gender & Children; Family Care International UNICEF Safe motherhood Mufindi Tanzania Gender & Children

production of high water demanding but high value crops such as rice and vegetables. It is proposed that sustainable adoption of soil and water conservation practices in semi-arid areas of Tanzania requires polices and strategic that; (i) ensure strict but fair customs, rules and by-laws; (ii) lead to appreciable dire...

Hatibu, N;|Lazaro, E. A;|Mahoo, F. B;|Rwehumbiza, F. B;|Bakari, A. M; Policy analysis Soil and water conservation rainwater environmental policies Agriculture Natural resources management Tanzania; Policy analysis Soil and water conservation rainwater environmental policies Agriculture Natural resources management Tanzania

UNICEF undertook a study with an overall objectives to determine the key current and potential “Actors’’ of child survival protection and development programme at community ward and district levels. Their capacity for programme delivery in light of political economic and policy changes the country is undergoing and th...

Mwanyika, Dorothy; UNICEF Tanzania CSPD Gender & Children; UNICEF Tanzania CSPD Gender & Children

Economic reform Economic Violent Tanzania; Economic reform Economic Violent Tanzania

Most local people in developing countries depend largely on medicinal plants to treat common diseases compared to modern medical services. To assess the contribution of medicinal plants to the welfare of local communities surrounding Dur~aitemba in Babati district, we carried out a study using PRA and household survey...

Otieno,J N|Kajembe, G C|Malimbwi,R E|Nduwamungu,J; Medicine Contribution of herbal medicine Herbal Tanzania; Medicine Contribution of herbal medicine Herbal Tanzania

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology; Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology COSTECH Information Technology Information Development Development Tanzania Science and technology Information and communication Technology (ICT); Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology COSTECH Information Technology Information Development Development Tanzania Science and technology Information and communication Technology (ICT)

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

Studies of how avian communities are affected by human forest disturbance have given variable results. In order to focus conservation efforts we need comparative data for studying the relationship between community resilience and ecological predictability over

Fjeldsa Jon; Forestry Udzungwa Tanzania Deforestration Natural resources management Environment; Forestry Udzungwa Tanzania Deforestration Natural resources management Environment

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

Harcourt, Wendy; Gender Internet Women empowerment Cultural change social change Tanzania Information and communication Technology (ICT) Gender & Children; Gender Internet Women empowerment Cultural change social change Tanzania Information and communication Technology (ICT) Gender & Children

Medard,M|Sobo,F|Ngatunga,T|Chirwa,S; Women Women participation in the fisheries sector Lake Victoria Gender sensitivities Tanzania; Women Women participation in the fisheries sector Lake Victoria Gender sensitivities Tanzania

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 paper presents the findings of a field study carried out in Rungwe and Kyela districts of Mbeya region as part of the Beyond the Shamba Research Project jointly undertaken by the Institute of Resource Assessment at the University of Dar es Salaam and the Afrika-Studiecentrum, University of Leiden. Rungwe and Kyel...

Mwamfupe, Davis; Rural developemnt Tanzania Village Rungwe Kyela Labour; Rural developemnt Tanzania Village Rungwe Kyela Labour