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Saltwater intrusion and nitrate pollution in the coastal aquifer of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Mtoni, Yohana; Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Bakundukize, Charles; Van Camp, Marc; Martenes, Kristine; Walraevens, Kristine (Springer, Environimental Earth Science., 2013-11-03)

Dar es Salaam Quaternary coastal aquifer is a major source of water supply in Dar es Salaam City used for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses. However, groundwater overdraft and contamination are the major problems ...
Performance of environmental impact assessment (EIA) regime in Tanzania

Mbululo, Y.; Katima, J. H. Y.; Nyihirani, F. (2014)

Tanzania enacted the Environmental Management Act (EMA) in 2004 with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as one of its major tools for protecting environment from the impacts of development projects. According to ...
Sources of salinity and urban pollution in the Quaternary sand aquifers of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Walraevens, Kristine; Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Mtoni, Yohana; Camp, Marc Van (Elsevier, 2014)

Groundwater is globally important for human consumption, and changes in quality can have serious consequences. The study area is within a coastal aquifer where groundwater quality is influenced by various potential sources ...
Investigating seawater intrusion due to groundwater pumping with schematic model simulations: The example of the Dar es Salaam coastal aquifer in Tanzania

Camp, Marc Van; Mtoni, Yohana; Mjemah, Ibrahimu C.; Bakundukize, Charles; Walraevens, Kristine (Elsevier, 2014)

Water supply requirements in Dar es Salaam city (Tanzania) are rising rapidly by population growth and groundwater is increasingly used to fullfill the needs. The groundwater is taken from the Dar es Salaam Quaternary ...
Retrospective analysis of Chlorophyll-a and its correlation with climate and hydrological variations in Mindu Dam, Morogoro, Tanzania

Kimambo, Offoro N.; Chikoore, Hector; Gumbo, Jabulani R.; Msagati, Titus A. M. (Elsevier Ltd, 2014-11-06)

The measurement of Chlorophyll-a in aquatic systems has usually correlated to harmful algae in water bodies. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are as a result of massive proliferation of blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria). ...
Paying to conserve watershed services in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania

Lalika, Makarius C.S.; Meire, Patrick; Ngaga, Yonika M. (Springer Nature Switzerland, 2015)

Human beings depend on the integrity of watersheds to provide ecosys- tem services (e.g., water) that they need for their survival. The current watershed degradation represents the most serious threat to the provision ...
Indigenous knowledge systems for climate change detection and adaption planning in mountainous areas in Tanzania

Mussa, Kassim Ramadhani; Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira (Journal of Resources Development and Management, 2015)

The study was carried out to gather perceptions and experiences of the Uluguru mountains communities on climate change and its impacts, and to understand their traditional innovations in detecting climate change and coping ...
Hydrogeological mapping and estimation of potential evapotranspiration and recharge rate of Quaternary sand aquifers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Mjemah, Ibrahimu Chikira; Walraevens, Kristine (International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 2015-11)

Dar-es-Salaam City is the largest urban centre in Tanzania, with a population of over 4 million. It gets water for domestic use from surface water (Ruvu and Kizinga rivers) and groundwater. The groundwater was used to ...
Estimation of depth to fresh-salt water interface and its implications for sustainable groundwater resource management: A case study of the Coastal strip of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Unknown author (Springer, Environimental Earth Science., 2015-11-10)

Dar es Salaam City is highly depending on groundwater resources since 1997. The resulting overex- ploitation is entailing the risk of seawater intrusion. This problem has been systematically investigated for the ...
Challenges in groundwater resource management in coastal aquifers of East Africa: Investigations and lessons learnt in the Comoros Islands, Kenya and Tanzania

Comte, Jean-Christophe; Cassidy, Rachel; Obando, Joy; Robins, Nicholas; Ibrahim, Kassim; Melchioly, Simon; Mjemah, Ibrahimu; Shauri, Halimu; Bourhane, Anli; Mohamed, Ibrahim; Noe, Christine; Mwega, Beatrice; Makokha, Mary; Join, Jean-Lambert; Banton, Olivier; Davies, Jeffrey (Elsevier, 2015-12-26)

Study region: Coastal areas of Kenya (Kilifi County), Tanzania (Kilwa district) and Comoros (Ngazidja island), East Africa. Study focus: Research aimed to understand the physical and societal drivers of groundwa- ter ...
The political ecology of peasant-herder conflict in Mvomero district, Tanzania

Mkonda, M. Y. (2016)

It is worthwhile to address the peasant-herder conflict because of their rampant increase in most developing countries. Rigorous and integrative studies on this aspect can significantly contribute to the growing literature ...
Efficacy of transforming agriculture for survival to commercial agriculture through 'Kilimo kwanza' initiative in Tanzania

Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)

Kilimo Kwanza which means “Agriculture First” in English, is an initiative launched by the Tanzanian government in 2006 to spearhead the transformation of subsistence to commercial agriculture for curbing poverty. The ...
Efficacy of transforming agriculture for survival to commercial agriculture through 'Kilimo Kwanza' Initiative in Tanzania

Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (2016)

Kilimo Kwanza which means “Agriculture First” in English, is an initiative launched by the Tanzanian government in 2006 to spearhead the transformation of subsistence to commercial agriculture for curbing poverty. The ...
Stocks and ecological significance of soil carbon in Tanzania

Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)

Numerous documentations have paid a few attentions to the mapping of soil organic carbon (SOC) in Tanzania. To any country, the estimation of SOC is very important as provide social, ecological and economic values just to ...
Production trends of food crops: opportunities, challenges and prospects to improve Tanzanian rural livelihoods

Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)

Tanzanian agriculture employs about 80% of the national labour force and most of these are rural dwellers. The country has about 44 million hectares of arable land but less than 24% of the area has been harnessed. Similarly, ...
Use of a hydrological model for environmental management of the usangu wetlands, Tanzania

Kashaigili, Japhet J.; McCartney, Matthew P.; Mahoo, Henry F.; Lankford, Bruce A.; Mbilinyi, Boniface P.; Yawson, Daniel K.; Tumbo, Siza D. (IWMI Research, 2016-05)

This report presents the findings of a study to assess changes to flows into, and downstream of, the Usangu Wetlands, located in the headwaters of the Great Ruaha River, Tanzania. Hydrological data, in conjunction with ...
The origin of high sulfate concentrations and hydrochemistry of the Upper Miocene–Pliocene–Quaternary aquifer complex of Jifarah Plain, NW Libya

Alfarrah, Nawal; Berhane, Gebremedhin; Mjemah, Ibrahim Chikira; Van Camp, Marc; Walraevens, Kristine (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016-10)

he high uncontrolled groundwater extraction in Jifarah Plain, NW Libya, causes a modification of natural flow systems, inducing seawater intrusion and causing groundwater quality deterioration. The principal aim of ...
Long-term chemical fertilization in Tanzania

Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Springer International Publishing AG, 2017)

Long-term application of chemical fertilizers has both positive and negative impacts on soil and the environment. Chemical fertilizers fertilize the soil and increase crop yields but they modify microbial functions ...
Evolution of atmospheric boundary layer structure and its relationship with air quality in Wuhan, China

Mbululo, Yassin; Qin, Jun; Yuan, Zheng X (Springer, 2017)

Air pollution data, air quality index (AQI) data and L band sounding data of Wuhan City from January 1 to February 28, 2015, were used in this study. Since air quality is mainly determined by the condition of the atmospheric ...
Conservation agriculture in Tanzania

Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2017)

Conservation agriculture is promoted to increase crop production and environmental sustainability. It is proposed to be a solution for the problem of poor agricultural yields and soil degradation in most Sub-Saharan ...

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