Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "Tanzania"
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Are we getting there? Evidence of decentralized forest management from the Tanzanian Miombo woodlands
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2008)Based on a village study in Tanzania, the effects of decentralized forest management on forest conservation, rural livelihoods and good governance are evaluated. Tree growth is estimated to exceed harvest, and forest ... -
Biosafety education relevant to genetically engineered crops for academic and non-academic stakeholders in East Africa
(University of Nairobi,College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences,, 2009)Development and deployment of genetically engineered crops requires effective environmental and food safety assessment capacity. In-country expertise is needed to make locally appropriate decisions. In April 2007, biosafety ... -
The characteristics of wet spells in Tanzania
(Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, 1982)In Tanzania where the bulk of economy depends largely on rain-fed agriculture, the study of daily rainfall patterns is of paramount importance. It is well known that wet or dry spells lasting for long duration may impose ... -
Childcare practices and nutritional status of children aged 6-36 months among short and long term beneficiaries of the Child Survival Protection and Development Programmes (The case of Morogoro, Tanzania)
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2008)A comparative cross sectional study was carried out to compare childcare practices and nutritional status of children aged 6-36 months in Mwembesongo and Mjimpya wards that, had long and short experiences with the Child ... -
Community-based monitoring of natural resource use and forest quality in montane forests and miombo woodlands of Tanzania
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2005)A community-based monitoring system that focuses on natural resource use and forest quality in montane evergreen forest and miombo woodland areas was developed and implemented in 23 villages in 2002 as part of a participatory ... -
The effect of eight half-yearly single-dose treatments with DEC on Wuchereria bancrofti circulating antigenaemia
(2005)The effect of eight half-yearly treatment rounds with diethylcarbamazine (DEC; 6 mg/kg bodyweight) on Wuchereria bancrofti-specific circulating filarial antigen (CFA), a marker of adult worm infection, was followed in ... -
The emergence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Eastern and Southern Africa as a serious agricultural problem and public health risk
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Micribiology and parasitology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2003) -
Greenhouse gas emissions and energy balances of jatropha biodiesel as an alternative fuel in Tanzania
(2013)This paper evaluates GHG emissions and energy balances (i.e. net energy value (NEV), net renewable energy value (NREV) and net energy ratio (NER)) of jatropha biodiesel as an alternative fuel in Tanzania by using life cycle ... -
Immunoepidemiology of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two East African communities:
(2008)The response pattern of specific antibodies to the microfilarial sheath (sheath-Ab) of the mosquito-borne filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti was investigated in individuals from two East African communities with ... -
Is small beautiful? Village level taxation of natural resources in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)This article examines collection of natural resources revenue by village governments in Tanzania as part of a decentralisation reform. An analysis of empirical data in the form of taxation records from 14 villages, which ... -
Muslim personal law in Kenya and Tanzania: Tradition and innovation
(Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)This article is based on a comparative case study of Common Law jurisdiction involving case law in Kenya and Tanzania where both or either of the parties are Muslims. The status of Muslim Personal Law and its applicability ... -
The new local level politics in East Africa: studies on Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya
(1994)This research report consists of three studies: Per Tidemand's Ugandan study concentrates on the politics of the new representative local state institutions which emerged in 1986. Andrew Kiondo's Tanzania study focuses on ... -
On the Promises of Devolution: Overcoming the Constraints of Natural Resource Management in a Village in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)This article is concerned with the hypothesis that devolution, understood as entrusting local government with significant domains of autonomous discretionary power, will lead to the equitable and efficient management ... -
Why combine private and communal tree management? A case-study based in Majawanga (Gairo, Tanzania)
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)Despite the focus on the importance of trees in Africa and the many projects that try to improve their management, there is very little research and few development projects which address tree related problems in a holistic ...