Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views

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dc.creatorDejene, Alemneh
dc.creatorShishira, Elieho
dc.creatorYanda, Pius
dc.creatorJohnsen, Fred H.
dc.date2012-08-13T09:54:05Z
dc.date2012-08-13T09:54:05Z
dc.date1997-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:22:35Z
dc.descriptionDeclining soil fertility due to inadequate farming practices, deforestation and overgrazing are among the primary impediments to increased agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. These causal factors, driven by social, economic and political forces, manifest themselves in market, policy and institutional failures, inappropriate technologies and practices. This is also the case in Tanzania where over 90 percent of the population is rural and depends on land resources for its livelihood. This study examines the most significant issues affecting levels of productivity and land quality at the community and village level, where local land users take decisions on cropping and livestock management. The specific objectives of the study were to examine farmers' perceptions, particularly their understanding and interpretation of factors and indicators which they link to soil erosion and fertility decline, the level of degradation of crop and pastureland, and the institutional capacity to implement soil conservation and fertility measures with particular regard to land tenure policies, local organizations and extension service. The investigators also sought to identify the technologies, best practices and indigenous knowledge used by households to control erosion, enhance soil fertility, and increase crop and livestock productivity among smallholders.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/12862134/land-degradation-tanzania-village-views
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9926
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9926
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417526
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 91
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAGROFORESTRY
dc.subjectAREA UNDER CULTIVATION
dc.subjectCHEMICAL FERTILIZER
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROP YIELD
dc.subjectCROPPING
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectDAIRY
dc.subjectDAIRY COWS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDRAFT POWER
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFARMYARD MANURE
dc.subjectFAUNA
dc.subjectFERTILIZER
dc.subjectFERTILIZER SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectFERTILIZER USE
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST LAND
dc.subjectFUELWOOD
dc.subjectGRAZING
dc.subjectGRAZING RIGHTS
dc.subjectHERD SIZE
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectINTERCROPPING
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLAND QUALITY
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCES
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE PRACTICES
dc.subjectLAND USERS
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK DISEASE
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMILK
dc.subjectMILK PRODUCTION
dc.subjectORGANIC MATTER
dc.subjectORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS
dc.subjectOVERGRAZING
dc.subjectPASTORALISTS
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectREGENERATION
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMING
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDERS
dc.subjectSOIL CONSERVATION
dc.subjectSOIL EROSION
dc.subjectSOIL FERTILITY
dc.subjectSTALL FEEDING
dc.subjectSTRIP CROPPING
dc.subjectTERRACING
dc.subjectVEGETATION
dc.subjectWATER HARVESTING
dc.subjectWEEDS
dc.titleLand Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
dc.titleDegradation de la terre en Tanzanie : vues du village

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