Tanzania
This is the first extended study of one of the most historically and culturally interesting regions of Tanzania in East Africa. Mountain Farmers is a detailed comparative history of two ethnic groups who share one mountain home: the Meru are traditionally farmers; the Arusha cattle-herders related to the Maasai. Thomas Spear's study, based on recent archival and field research, ranges across...
In many sub-Saharan African countries, poverty and food insecurity are linked to low agricultural productivity which accelerating climate change (CC) threatens to make even worse. In Tanzania and Malawi, a key challenge for decision makers is to understand the context and strategies of farmers and other stakeholders in agriculture for adapting to CC, including increasingly variable climatic...
In September-October 2006 a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the AHI Benchmarksite in Lushoto, the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – Selian in Arusha, the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – Mlingano, Tanga, the Association for Land use Environmental care Research and Technology Transfer (ALERT) in Tanga, the Tanzania Forest Research Institute (TAFORI) in...
In 1951, the then colonial authority in Tanganyika gazetted an area approximately 3,276 square kilometres in north-eastern Tanzania called the Mkomazi Game Reserve (MGR). Despite its gazetted status, many pastoralists were allowed to exploit pastures and other range resources from MGR. Some twenty years later, a study commissioned by the Government of Tanzania found MGR to be in a degraded...
This report presents what happened during the implementation of the Annual Work Plan for year 2007 titled “Protocol for validating and scaling up integrated natural resource management approaches in Lushoto, Tanzania”. Part of the work was conducted in Baga Watershed while some of it was conducted with partners in the district headquarters of Lushoto. Funds for its implementation...
Degradation of natural resources in the highlands of Usambara has been extensively covered. In the past, farmers in the Usambara’s were practicing effective soil conservation and soil fertility preserving methods like multi-storey agroforestry, mixed cropping and green manuring. Yet these systems and knowledge began crumbling when German colonialism and cash...
This report summarises the progress made during 2005-2006 and several developments during the implementation of the project.
Some of it was unplanned like when farmers in Kwalei village contributed Tsh. 700,000 (USD 700) for purchasing improved livestock. Another unplanned development was when the SACCOS which the AHI in Lushoto had facilitated to form was granted audience with a...
This discussion paper series has been launched as part of the NUTNET project. NUTNET stands for Networking on soil fertility management: improving soil fertility in Africa-Nutrient networks & stakeholder perceptions. It brings together several research programmes working on soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa. Activities include research on farmer management of soil fertility...
This study was conducted in Kwalei Village, Lushoto District with the objective of determining if significant differences existed between farmers using the indigenous knowledge of applying a local shrub Tughutu (Venonia subligera) for soil enrichment in their fields against those not using it. The study compared livelihood standards, income levels, household nutrition and farm productivity of...
Here is a collection of the finest nature essays on the mountain ranges of the world - the third book in its series of nature anthologies in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, the renowned conservation organization over 900,000 members strong, whose protection efforts span the globe.
In this volume the mountains of the world are celebrated with twenty-three literary works that...
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