Primary Dataset on Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals in Tanzania

Dataset Description. This dataset was the primary input for the publication: Magesa, B.A., Mohan, G., Melts, I., Matsuda, H., Pu, J., Fukushi, K. (2023) Interactions between Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals in Tanzania, East Africa. Sustainability, 15(6), 4911. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064911. The primary dataset, provided in SPSS format (.sav), is structured into cases and variables. Cases correspond to individual survey respondents, while variables represent the responses to survey questions. The data were collected from March to April 2022 across selected villages in Mwanga and Same Districts, Tanzania, East Africa. This comprehensive dataset was combined from different sources: • 200 household surveys; • 36 key informant interviews (KII); • 4 focus group discussions (FGD) The dataset includes detailed demographic information, agricultural practices, climate change adaptation strategies, and their impact on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly focusing on indicators related to poverty reduction and food security. Quantitative analyses using network theory were conducted to explore the interactions between adaptation strategies and SDGs.

Ethical Considerations. The study adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and received approval from the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability on 23 September 2021.

Funding. This research was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI grant number 17KT0073), the Estonian Research Council and the European Regional Development Fund (Mobilitas+ grant number MOBTP122) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant number 862480).