Knowledge assessment on the effects of climate change due to keeping livestock in urban and peri-urban areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorMlozi, R.S.M
dc.contributor.authorLupala, A
dc.contributor.authorChenyambuga, S.W
dc.contributor.authorLiwenga, E
dc.contributor.authorMsogoya, T
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-05T05:35:57Z
dc.date.available2018-10-05T05:35:57Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.descriptionInternational NGO journal, 2013; 8 (1): 1-12en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses assessment results of the respondents who kept livestock in urban and periurban areas in the three municipalities of Kinondoni, Ilala, and Temeke in Dar es Salaam city region, if they had knowledge that their activities had an effect on climate change. Data show that over two thirds of the respondents did not think that the presence of solid waste, liquid waste, and pollution resulting from keeping livestock would have an effect on climate risks in the future. However, the respondents thought that presence of chemical pollution and land degradation due to keeping livestock in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) would have an effect on climate change. Furthermore, the article stipulates actions that urban livestock keepers would take in the future for mitigating climate risks. In addition, the respondents in UPA thought that people keeping livestock would in the future incur additional costs because of climate risks. The respondents indicated that most livestock types kept in UPA would be vulnerable and sensitive to climate risks and proposed adaptation options to take in the future. It is paramount that time has come for the three Dar es Salaam municipalities of Kinondoni, Ilala and Temeke through their relevant departments (agriculture and livestock, health, planning, community development), among other things, to educate livestock owners on climate risks due to livestock keeping and how to lessen them in the future. Other municipalities in Tanzania and elsewhere could use these results.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSTART, WMO, IPCC, UNEP through a European Commission/UNEP-funded Projecten_US
dc.identifier.issn1993–8225
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2599
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational NGO Journal;
dc.subjecturban and peri-urban areasen_US
dc.subjectDar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectlivestock keepersen_US
dc.subjectknowledgeen_US
dc.subjectopinionsen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.titleKnowledge assessment on the effects of climate change due to keeping livestock in urban and peri-urban areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp:// www.academicjournals.org/INGOJen_US

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