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    Assessment of land use conflicts and their management in mount Meru area, Arusha Tanzania
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2004) Shio, Constantine John
    The study was conducted to assess land use conflicts and their management in Mount Meru area of Arumeru District, Arusha Tanzania. The main objective was to study the nature and types of land use conflicts in order to discern the underlying causes and come up with appropriate management approaches to mitigate these conflicts. Primary data were obtained through PRA, discussion with key informants, questionnaire survey and field observations. Secondary data were obtained from the available archive. Multiple linear regression model was used as a tool for analysis. About 91.9% and 92.7% of respondents indicated that land is not enough for crop production and livestock grazing respectively. Moreover, 32.0% of respondents indicated that conflicts emanate from grazing illegally in the forest. Among the factors involved in regression model, big number of livestock had positive influence on illegally grazed livestock (p = 0.01). About 18.0% of respondents indicated conflicts emanating from farm boundaries, and 16.0% indicated conflict resulting on encroachment into forest and wildlife reserves. 14.0% indicted conflicts emanating from illegal tree cutting from forest reserves for household use and selling, while 11.0% and 9.0% indicated other sources of conflicts e.g. Poaching and illegal fuel wood collection respectively. Finally the study recommended that big herds, which are fed under free-range could be sold and replaced with few stall-fed improved cattle breed. Further, optimization of home gardens productivity can be achieved by planting as many crops in limited space available and use of improved good quality seeds and fertilizers. It is also recommended that formal education and promotion of environmental education be used to create resource conservation awareness. Where appropriate government should redistribute abandoned big farms to landless people and finance part of the establishment costs for people migrating to spacious districts. Further, Management Plans should address the concept of Joint Resource Management
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    Contribution of SUA training forest to the socio-economic development of adjacent local communities and forest product customers at Olmotonyi, Arusha
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2020) Zakayo, E. G
    The overall objective of the study was to assess the contribution of SUA Training Forest to adjacent local communities and forest product customers in Olmotonyi, Arusha. Purposive sampling was used to select two villages (Timbolo and Shiboro) with the longest boundary to the forest among the four villages. A cross-sectional survey design was employed where a total number of 90 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed using household questionnaire. Key informant’s information was collected and two focus group discussions comprising of 16 discussants in both groups with Farmers and Livestock keepers from Shiboro Village. Data was analyzed by Gross Margin Analysis, Net Revenues and Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression model using the Statistical Package for Social Science 24.0 (SPSS) Software and Microsoft Excel. The findings revealed that, the farmers gained 4% of the overall profit of Forest interactions, the livestock keepers gained 55% and the traders had a gain of 41% of the overall gross profit from the socio-economic activities. Pesticides, Household size, Pasture loads collected, Access to markets and Fertilizer application were found to be significant factors influencing local communities depending on the Forest resource at a 5% probability level (p<0.05). The Social Cost to the households and forest product customers accounted for the conservation actions to the resource which was TZS 5 693 600/= per year. Moreover, 38% of the forest product customers preferred the Pinus patula species and 55% purchased timber from the SUA Training Forest for construction purposes. The SUA Training Forest Overall Net profit was TZS 540 501 089.90/= from the sales of the Forest products to the customers. Generally, the SUA Training Forest resources are of high benefit to both adjacent local communities and beyond. It is recommended that modalities should be sought to capacitate sustainable utilization of the scarce and valuable resource.