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Human energy requirements in Jatropha oil production for rural electrification in Tanzania
Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development, 2013Mini-grids connecting households to a generator can be a solution for providing rural communities in developing countries with electricity. Substituting diesel with locally produced Jatropha oil can improve economic and environmental sustainability of rural electrification.DocumentAnthropogenic and natural influence on disease prevalence at the human-livestock-wildlife interface in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2013Human activities in ecosystems interfere with natural processes and cause habitat fragmentation and loss. This restricts wildlife movement consequently reducing the gene flow and genetic diversity. Increased human encroachment on wildlife habitat compromises immunity and disturbs host-pathogen relationships resulting in disease outbreaks in naïve populations.DocumentThe role of indigenous knowledge and perceptions of pastoral communities on traditional grazing management in north-western Tanzania
African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2012Traditional forage conservation, locally known as “ngitiliâ€, which involves retaining an area of standing vegetation from the beginning of rainy season and opening it up for grazing at the peak of dry season, has become an important strategy for rangeland rehabilitation in the north-western semi-arid part of Tanzania.DocumentThe role of indigenous knowledge and perceptions of pastoral communities on traditional grazing management in north-western Tanzania
African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2012Traditional forage conservation, locally known as “ngitili”, which involves retaining an area of standing vegetation from the beginning of rainy season and opening it up for grazing at the peak of dry season, has become an important strategy for rangeland rehabilitation in the north-western semi-arid part of Tanzania.DocumentICTs and National Agricultural Research Systems – The case of Tanzania
Tanzania Online, 2010The current research and extension system in Tanzania is mainly public funded, although decentralizing and rightsizing the research establishment have relieved the government's budget strain through complete privatization of major cash crops.DocumentNorway & Tanzania: partners in development - booklet from Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania
2012Norway and Tanzania have been partners for 50 years. Political commitment, social, cultural, academic and commercial interactions have created links and relations that go far beyond the traditional development cooperation.Document2012 Global Hunger Index. The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses
2012The 2012 GHI report focuses particularly on the issue of how to ensure sustainable food security under conditions of water, land, and energy stress.DocumentRegional agricultural policy: priority policy issues and interventions
Southern African Development Community, 2012Guided by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Treaty of 1992, several SADC Protocols have been developed to guide, support and promote appropriate actions at regional and national levels towards the attainment of the SADC Common Agenda which promotes sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development in order to ensure poverty alleviation with the ultimate objecDocumentAre food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from east Africa
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012Smallholder farmers across east Africa have started to embrace climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies, according to this study by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research programme.