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Marine farming and tourism

Jodice, Laura W; Hull, John; Sirima, Agnes (Acquaculture New Zealand, 2010)

The Marine Farming Association of New Zealand developed and published a tourist trail brochure in 2005 with the purpose of upholding the positive image of aquaculture among residents and tourists on the Top of the South ...
The economic of water in paddy and non-paddy crop production around the Kilombero valley ramsar site, Tanzania: Productivity, costs, returns and implications to poverty reduction

Musamba, Emmanuel; Ngaga, Yonika M; Giliba, Richard A; Boon, E. K; Sirima, Agnes; Chirenje, L I (Journal of Agriculture Science, 2011)

Water scarcity is globally getting worse in the light of increase in demand for water use. Human and ecosystem health and economic development are affected by problems of water scarcity and water pollution. This paper ...
Sharing Tourism Benefits with the local community: A business perspective from the grassroots in Tanzania

Muganda, Michael; Sirima, Agnes; Mkumbo, Peter; Moshy, Batilda (Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2012)

Local communities’ participation in tourism benefit-sharing is central to tourism development. While there is a well-established literature on benefit-sharing from the perspective of wildlife protected areas and adjacent ...
A review of "Tourism and sustainability: development, globalization and new tourism in the Third World (3rd ed)

Sirima, Agnes (Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2012)
Evaluation of traceability systems in fish supply chains: A case study of Tanzania

MGONJA, J, T; KUSSAGA, J, B. (Pakistan Society of Food Scientists and Technologists, 2012)

The European General Food Law, EC 178/2002 requires each stage in the supply chain to have access in its upstream and downstream trading partners. The regulation seeks to ensure that at each stage of food production, ...
The Role of Local Communities in Tourism Development

Muganda, Michael; Sirima, Agnes; Marwa, Ezra (Journal of Human Ecology, 2013)

One of the core elements of tourism development is to encourage local communities’ participation as it is central to the sustainability of tourism industry. While the literature suggests a number of roles local communities ...
Diagnostic model for assessing traceability system performance in fish processing plants

MGONJA, J, T.; LUNING, P; Van der Vorst, Jack G, A, J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2013)

This paper introduces a diagnostic tool that can be used by fish processing companies to evaluate their own traceability systems in a systematic manner. The paper begins with discussions on the rationale of traceability ...
Desires of Community Participation in Tourism Development Decision Making Process: A Case Study of Barabarani, Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania

MUGANDA, M; MGONJA, J, T.; BACKMAN, K, F (World Scholars, 2013)

Over the last decade, tourism in Tanzania has recorded significant growth, with the industry’s contribution to the country’s steadily growing GDP. However, poverty and unemployment rate in the country is still very high, ...
Communities displacement from national park ad tourism development in the Usangu Plains, Tanzania

Sirima, Agnes; Backman, Kenneth F (Current issues in tourism, 2013-08)

Land-use-change conflicts have shaped the conservation and tourism activities and human livelihood debate in the Usangu Plains over the last 10 years. This has led Ruaha National Park to become the largest national park ...
Understanding the language of tourism: Tanzanian perspective

Chiwanga, F. E. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2014)

Different from other languages such as newspeak, journalese and many others, tourism has its own linguistic line. The language of tourism necessitates tourism practitioners and tourists to endlessly learn it. It covers ...
What Makes the Community in CBT?

MGONJA, J, T; SIRIMA, A (Routledge, 2015)

This case study draws upon findings from an investigation of the planning, structure and implementation of CBTs in a number of selected areas in Tanzania. In-depth semi structured interviews were conducted in 2012 with two ...
Tanzania Tourism

SIRIMA, A; MGONJA, J, T. (Springer, 2015)

Tanzania has begun to diversify its tourism offers through cultural tourism under the supervision of Tanzania Tourist Board, aiming to promote rural livelihoods. Product development and service delivery are central to ...
Cultural community-based tourism in Tanzania: Lessons learned and way forward

MGONJA, J, T.; SIRIMA, A; BACKMAN, K, F.; BACKMAN, S, J. (Routledge, 2015-02-13)

Cultural tourism programmes (CTPs) provide opportunities for rural communities to supplement their income. While these programmes are intended to empower local people and reduce poverty, the mechanisms used for choosing ...
A review of ecotourism in Tanzania: Magnitude, challenges and prospects for sustainability

Mgonja, John T; Sirima, Agnes; Mkumbo, Peter J (Journal of Ecotourism, 2015-12)

In the recent past, the concept of ecotourism has been promoted in Tanzania as an alternative, low-impact form of tourism that supports conservation of natural resources, preserves local culture, and provides economic ...
A review of ecotourism in Tanzania: magnitude, challenges, and prospects for sustainability

MGONJA, J, T; SIRIMA, A; MKUMBO, P, J (Routledge, 2015-12-18)

In the recent past, the concept of ecotourism has been promoted in Tanzania as an alternative, low-impact form of tourism that supports conservation of natural resources, preserves local culture, and provides economic ...
A structural model to assess international visitors' perceptions about local foods in Tanzania

MGONJA, J, T; BACKMAN, K, F; BACKMAN, S, J.; MOORE, D, D; HALLO, J, C. (Routledge, 2016)

Interest in the use of local food in tourism and hospitality is growing in both industry and academic circles. Most research on local food has focused on its potential to enhance local community development, while relatively ...
FACTORS MODERATING AND MEDIATING VISITORS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT LOCAL FOODS IN TANZANIA

MGONJA, J, T; BACKMAN, K, F.; BACKMAN, S, J; MOORE, D, D.; HALLO, J, C (Cognizant, LLC., 2016)

Although Tanzania is well known for the quality of its natural and cultural resources, its food tourism linkages has largely remained unknown and unexplored. In recent years, the use of local foods in tourism has grown ...
The Social and Economic Impacts of Ruaha National Park Expansion

Sirima, Agnes (Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2016-06)

Displacement of people to allow expansion of protected areas involves removing people from their ancestral land or excluding people from undertaking livelihood activities in their usual areas. The approach perpetuates the ...
Local foods as an Impetus for Strengthening Leisure, Recreation and Sustainable Tourism in East Africa

MGONJA, J, T. (Taylor’s Press, 2016-09-02)

Leisure and recreation are relatively young fields of study in East Africa; as such, there is a scarcity of published information in these fields. Tourism on the other hand, has been extensively studied in this area. ...
Play and recreation in a developing country context: Assessing utility of Jardin public gardens, Bujumbura, Burundi

KITHEKA, B, M; MCGUIRE, F, A.; NIBIGIRA, C,; MGONJA, J, T. (AFAHPER-SD, 2017)

Play and recreation programming are increasingly becoming part of the modern city. This study explored the level of access to, satisfaction with, and perceptions of quality of Jardin Public Gardens, the only public open ...

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