Applications and challenges of information and communication technology in the forest sector: a case study of Morogoro municipality, Tanzania
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Date
2022
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Science Publishing Group
Abstract
In Tanzania there is rapid adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the forest sector and
other allied sciences. Many of the uses of ICT in the forest sector are relatively new or still on the horizon and majority are not
documented. Despite that, studies on the application and challenges of ICT in the forest sector of Tanzania are still limited to
up to date. This study was conducted in Morogoro Municipality to document the current application and challenges of ICT in
the forest sector. Data on awareness, type of professional experts with ICTs based, ICTs application domain in forest,
infrastructures, software used and outputs were collected from different forest institutions located in Morogoro Municipality
using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics of the parameters were done using Statistical Package for Social Science
(SPSS) and R statistical package. The results have shown that, there is a promising trend towards applications of ICT in the
forest sector, where about 75% of the respondents were aware of the ICT applications, while 25% were not. There were eight
types of professionals in the forest sector with background in ICT’s based technology with higher application on data storage
and analysis, documentation and forest inventory. The main challenges observed were related to the availability of
infrastructures, internet connectivity and qualified personnel.
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Keywords
Information, Communication, Technologies, Forestry
Citation
Mchelu Hadija Ahmad, Mauya Ernest William, Lolila Nandera Juma, Madundo Sami Dawood. Applications and Challenges of Information and Communication Technology in the Forest Sector: A Case Study of Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2022, pp. 22-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20220701.14