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Agricultural investments for development in Tanzania: reconciling actors, strategies and logics?
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017Agricultural investments carry opportunities and risks for smallholders, rural communities, and the environment.DocumentEvaluation of growth, milk and manure production in Norwegian dairy goats in one highland of Tanzania 30 years after introduction
South African Journal of Animal Science, 2017Dairy goats have been imported into Tanzania since the 1960s to improve the milk production of Small East African (SEA) goats through crossbreeding. The SEA goats have poor genetic potential for milk.DocumentThe vulnerability and resilience of smallholder-inclusive agricultural investments in Tanzania
Taylor and Francis Group, 2017This paper compares and contrasts two cases of smallholder-inclusive agricultural investment in Tanzania and investigates the factors that shape their vulnerability and resilience to risks and uncertainties that influence their performance and viability as a development strategy.DocumentBuilding an ecosystem around data: using interactive radio for accountability to farmers in Tanzania
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017The Listening Post is an interactive radio series aimed at an audience of farmers. It combines specialised interactive radio broadcasts with Uliza, a tool created by FRI for gathering and analysing feedback and questions from audience members.DocumentExploring the potential for interactive radio to improve accountability and responsiveness to small-scale farmers in Tanzania
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016What are the possibilities of using new digital technologies alongside radio to help ensure that agricultural development projects are farmer-centred, and meet the needs of the rural citizens they intend to serve?DocumentUse of simulation to examine a dairy goat breeding program in Tanzania
2017This paper discusses selection in a dairy goat population for improved performance by conceptualizing it for a population in Tanzania. Seven strategies (5, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100 test bucks) were simulated. A progeny test based selection breeding program fitting Mgeta (Morogoro, Tanzania) situation was optimized.DocumentAfrica’s youth employment challenge: new perspectives | IDS Bulletin Vol 48, No 3
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017Youth and employment concepts are not new to development discourse in sub-Saharan Africa but over the last decade interest has increased dramatically, becoming a much more important focus for policy, intervention and research throughout the continent (and globally).DocumentIn search of the solution to farmer–pastoralist conflicts in Tanzania
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2017Land-use conflict is not a new phenomenon for pastoralists and farmers in Tanzania with murders, the killing of livestock and the loss of property as a consequence of this conflict featuring in the news for many years now.DocumentTanzania summary of baseline studies: country report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015This report reflects upon the consolidated findings from the baseline and scoping studies conducted under the auspices of Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa.DocumentTraining agricultural research & extension staff to produce and communicate agro-climatic information, to enhance the resilience and food security of farmers and pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2017National Agricultural Extension Systems in ten districts in Tanzania and Malawi are receiving training in the production and use of climate services as part of a WFP-CCAFS joint activity within the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa.Pages