Coming full circle: agriculture, non-farm activities and the resurgence of out-migration in Njombe district, TanzaniaThis 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
Eastern Tropical African Centre of Endemism: A Candidate for World Heritage Status?Together with the Coastal Forests and Eastern Arc rainshadow, the Eastern Arc forests make up a botanical Centre of Endemism in Eastern Tropical Africa (CEETA), which covers a wide range of vegetation formations in four different phytochoria. The factors that gave rise to the concentration of restricted-range taxa in...
J.C. Lovett
Efficiency in Fertilizer use among Smallholder Farmers in Mbinga DistrictHawassi,F.G.H; Fertilizer Smallholder farmers Development policies Efficiency Mbinga; Fertilizer Smallholder farmers Development policies Efficiency Mbinga
Importance of the eastern arc mountains for vascular plantsThe term ‘Eastern Arc’ was introduced in 1985 to describe an exceptionally rich area of restricted range plant species on the crystalline mountains of eastern Tanzania and south-east Kenya. About a third of the Eastern Arc flora is composed of restricted-range species. Qualitative and quantitative data are used to dem...
Lovett,J.C.; Vascular plants Eastern arc mountains Flora Biodiversity Tanzania; Vascular plants Eastern arc mountains Flora Biodiversity Tanzania
Low dietary iron availability is a major cause of anemiaA nutrition survey was conducted in the rural
Tatala, Simon|Svanberg, Ulf|Mduma, Benedicta; The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Humans Anemia Iron deficiency Schoolchildren Adults Parasitic infections Erythrocyte protoporphyrin Tanzania; Humans Anemia Iron deficiency Schoolchildren Adults Parasitic infections Erythrocyte protoporphyrin Tanzania
Malaria and anaemia at different altitudes in the Muheza district of Tanzania: childhood morbidity in relation to level of exposure to infectionParallel monthly surveys of children aged 6-71 months were conducted in the Muheza district of Tanzania. The aim was to compare highland villages, where the mean, annual entomological inoculation rate (EIR) for malaria is 34 and mean annual prevalences of parasitaemia range from 33%-76%, with culturally ...
Ellman,R.| Maxwell, R| Shayo. Finch D.; Carfax Publishing Company, part of the Taylor & Francis Group; Childhood morbidity Muheza Malaria Anaemia Population, Health and Nutrition Tanzania Child mortality Child health Child protection Child development Childhood Care; Childhood morbidity Muheza Malaria Anaemia Population; Health and Nutrition Tanzania Child mortality Child health Child protection Child development Childhood Care
National district health planningParticipation and Sustainability: Partners in Conflict?The East Usambara Mountains found in Tanga Region in the Northern coast of Tanzania have been an area of interest to many locally and world-wide. Locally, the mountains have been a water catchment area for the river Sigi that supplies water to the surrounding areas as well as the Tanga municipality. The forests that c...
Mallya,E. T.; East usambara Forestry Forest project EUCFP Tanga; East usambara Forestry Forest project EUCFP Tanga
Priorities for biodiversity conservation in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania-based on bird dataAn evaluation of biodiversity values of ten forest areas has been made in the Udzungwas, based on all data available on the distribution of restricted-range forest birds. The analysis shows that the evergreen forests in West Kilombero (Ndundulu and Nyumbanitu Mountains), Udzungwa Scarp north, Mwanihana and Udzungwa Sc...
Dinesen, Lars
Report on capacity building workshop on gender and leadership for women councillors and leaders in Mbeya rural districtKikwa, Anna|Shaidi, Joyce; Capacity building Gender Women Mbeya Rural Mbeya Tanzania Gender & Children; Capacity building Gender Women Mbeya Rural Mbeya Tanzania Gender & Children
Selection and implementation of essential health interventions in two-health sector reform pilot districts in TanzaniaKasale,H; Health Health interventions Health Sector Tanzania; Health Health interventions Health Sector Tanzania
Start-up Organisation for Fishers along the Coast of Kilwa, Lindi and Mtwara Districts in Southern TanzaniaLars, Johansson; Fisheries Fishing Coast of Kilwa, Mtwara Southern Tanzania Tanzania; Fisheries Fishing Coast of Kilwa; Mtwara Southern Tanzania 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 local government reform process and sub-district development management issues in TanzaniaIn 1996 the Government of Tanzania decided to restructure and downsize its regional administration aiming at making the local government more efficient and effective particularly in service provision. This promulgated the local government reform agenda 1996-2000.
Lerise, F; Local Government Reform Development management Tanzania Public sector; Local Government Reform Development management Tanzania Public sector
The role of traditional irrigation system (vinyungu) in alleviating poverty in Iringa rural districtMkavidanda, T.A.J|Kaswamila, L.A; Traditional Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation system Rural district Iringa Poverty Alleviation; Traditional Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation system Rural district Iringa Poverty Alleviation
