Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) 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 ... -
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 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) -
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 ... -
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 ...