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Factors that affect adoption of Hybrid Maize in Mwanga District: implications for continuing education

Msuya_Bengesi, C. P. (Institute of Continuing Education, 2005-01)

This study investigated factors that influence the adoption of hybrid maize in Mwanga district and the implications for continuing education. Data for the study was collected from ninety randomly selected farmers in two ...
Agricultural extension through participatory approaches: Lessons from UMADEP, Morogoro, Tanzania

Rutatora, D. F.; Mattee, A. Z,; Mgumia, A. H. (Institute of Continuing Education, 2005-01)

The Uluguru Agricultural Development Project (UMADEP) uses a combination of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Participatory Technology Development (PTD), Farmer Groups and Farmer to Farmer extension approaches. ...
Making community-based forest management work: a case study from Duru-Haitemba village forest reserve, Babati, Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania

Kajembe, George C.; Monela, Gerald C.; Mvena, Zebedayo S.K. (2006)

The Tanzanian Government’s capacity to protect forests and woodlands has progressively declined, with a reduction in budgets and retrenchment of workers. Hence a question has emerged in recent years as to whether the ...
Beyond adoption/rejection of agricultural innovations: Empirical evidence from smallholder rice farmers in Tanzania

Mwaseba, D.L.; Kaarhus, R.; Johnsen, F. H.; Mvena, Z. S. K.; Mattee, A. Z. (SAGE, 2006)

This study seeks to explore the adoption of rice research-based innovations in rural Tanzania. Apart from the age and level of education of the head of household, which had an influence on the adoption of herbicide in both ...
Utilization of medicinal plants by waluguru people in east uluguru mountains Tanzania

Mahonge, C. P. I.; Nsenga, J. V.; Mtengeti, E. J.; Mattee, A.Z. (2006)

A study was done to assess utilization of medicinal plants in Nyachilo village situated in eastern Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered and informal discussions conducted to ...
Role of local knowledge in mixed livestock production systems Methodology and implications for research and development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Komwihangilo, Daniel M.; Lekule, Faustin P.; Kajembe, George C.; Petersen, Poul H. (2007)

Local knowledge is an important asset for smallholder farmers who operate differently in diverse crop and livestock production systems in the tropics. Various methods are needed for its acquisition, analysis, storage ...
Linking science with stakeholders to sustain natural capital

Mwakalila, Shadrack; Burgess, Neil; Ricketts, Taylor; Olwero, Nasser; Swetnam, Ruth; Mbilinyi, Boniface; Marchant, Rob; Mtalo, Felix; White, Sue; Munishi, Pantaleo; Marshall, Andrew; Malimbwi, Rogers; Smith, Celina; Jambiya, George; Marshall, Andrew; Madoffe, Seif; Fisher, Brendan; Kajembe, George; Morse-Jones, Sian; Kulindwa, Kassim; Green, Jonathan; Balmford, Andrew (2007)
Financial efficiency of health and pig management education intervention in controlling porcine cysticercosis in Mbulu District, northern Tanzania

Ngowi, H.A; Mlangwa, J.E.D; Carabin, H; Mlozi, Malongo R.S; Kassuku, A.A; Kimera, S.I; Willingham, A.L (WHO/FAO Collaborating Center for Research and Training on Emerging and Other Parasitic Zoonoses, Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 2007)

The objective of this study was to determine the financial efficiency of health and pig management education intervention in reducing the incidence rate of porcine cysticercosis to smallholder pig farmers in Mbulu District, ...
Rice for food and income Assessing the impact of rice research on food security in the Kyela and Kilombero districts of Tanzania

Mwaseba, D. L.; Kaarhus, R.; Johnsen, F. H.; Mattee, A. Z.; Mvena, Z. S. K. (SAGE, 2007)

This paper assesses the impact of rice research on household food security in Tanzania. The adoption of research-based innovations in rice farming, on which the impact of rice research is assumed to depend, is outlined. ...
Conflicts and their management in the use of Miombo woodlands in selected areas of Tanzania

Mvena, Z. S.; Monela, G. C.; Kajembe, G. C.; Ngaga, Y. M. (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2008)

Miombo woodlands are increasingly becoming major centres of conflicts due to a variety of causes such as growing populations of both humans and livestock. Research in the area of conflicts in the use of miombo woodlands ...
Cooking and Eating Quality of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus Resistant Rice Mutants: Its Implications for Future Breeding Work

Mlozi, M. R. S.; Luzi_Kihupi, A. (Tanzania J.Agric.Sc., 2008)

The study was conducted to evaluate the cooking and eating quality of mutant lines Obtained from irradiating a local cultivar, Supa. Five early maturing mutant lines plus two controls, IR! 53234-27-1 and Supa were evaluated ...
Contemporary challenges of agricultural extension service delivery in Tanzania

Isinikal, A. C.; Ngetti, M.; Rwambali, E. G. (Institute of Continuing Education, 2008-12)

Agricultural extension services in Tanzania have always been considered to be weak since they have often not lived up to peoples' expectations in terms of their contribution to the development process. Yet under the ...
Assessing the institutional framework for promoting the growth of MSEs in Tanzania: The Case of Dar es Salaam

Mnenwa, Raymond; Maliti, Emmanuel (REPOA, 2009)

This paper contains the results of a study conducted in Dar es Salaam in 2006 and 2007 to assess the MSEs institutional support. The study focused on the type and nature of the MSE support institutions which included ...
Forestland tenure systems in Tanzania: an overview of policy changes in relation to forest management

Zahabu, Eliakimu; Eid, Tron; Kajembe, George; Mbwambo, Lawrence; Mongo, Cellina; Sangeda, Anthony; Malimbwi, Rogers; Katani, Josiah; Kashaigili, Japhet; Luoga, Emmanuel (INA fagrapport, 2009)

A review of the role of forestland tenure systems in Tanzania, and how different forestland tenure approaches and reforms have influenced forest management is presented. The complexity of land reforms and processes that ...
Resource use conflicts in Usangu Plains, Mbarali District, Tanzania

Kajembe, G. C.; Mbwilo, A. J.; Kidunda, R. S.; Nduwamungu, J. (International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 2009)

Conflicts over natural resources such as land, water, and forests are ubiquitous. People everywhere have competed for natural resources to enhance their livelihoods. However, the dimensions, level and intensity of conflict ...
Stakeholders’ views and perceptions on emerging conflicts with respect to apiculture in the western Usambara mountains, Tanzania

Sinyangwe, J.; Kimaro, D.N; Kajembe, G.C; Mbeyale, G.E. (2010)

The study identified key stakeholders and their interests and analyzed socio-economic factors influencing the perceptions and resource use conflicts of apiculture as an intervention towards improved natural resource ...
Institutional arrangements and stakeholder power relations underlying apiculture for conservation of natural resources in west Usambara Mountains,Tanzania

Sicheeba, G.; Kimaro, D.N; Mbeyale, G.E.; Kajembe, G.C (2010)

A study was conducted whereby 98 respondents were interviewed out of which 54 were beekeepers while 44 were non –beekeepers. Statistical package SPSS v 16 was used to analyze the data. Age, awareness of national beekeeping ...
Farmer field schools as a springboard for enhanced uptake of farmer field schools as a springboard for enhanced uptake of new agricultural technologies: lessons for Tanzania

Mvena, Z. S. K.; Mattee, A. Z.; Wambura, R. M.; Mwaseba, D. L.; Lazaro, E. A.; Kiranga, E. D.; Kilave, D. M. (Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2010)

The uptake of proven agricultural technologies in less developed countries has not been very impressive over the years. This is in spite of the different methods used to disseminate these technologies, including the focal ...
Accessibility and utilization of agricultural information among women farmers: the case of Korogwe District, Tanzania

Mniambo, B. D.; Mattee, A. Z.; Mhando, D. G. (2010)

This study was conducted in Korogwe district involving 100 women farmers randomly selected from four villages. Household data was collected using a structured questionnaire, and supplemented by interviews for key informants ...
Features of successful syndrome mitigation: enhancing resilience and empowering the vulnerable in East Africa

Kiteme, B. P.; Obrist, B.; Kessy, F.; Speranza, C. I.; Misana, S.; Mvena, Z.; Lelo, F.; Wiesmann, U. (Global Change and Sustainable Development, 2010)

This paper examines how knowledge-based interventions improve the quality of life in communities where they are implemented. It draws on case studies of three interventions implemented as Partnership Actions to Mitigate ...

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