Shinyanga: blending old and new agroforestry to integrate development, climate change mitigation and adaptation in Tanzania
2019
l.a duguma
The Shinyanga region, a wide semiarid zone receiving an annual rainfall of 600-800 mm, is located in the Northern part of Tanzania1. Almost two-thirds of the land in the region is used for agriculture and around 24% serves as grazing area. The vegetation of the area is characterized as extensive Acacia and Miombo woodlands that were estimated to cover around 15% of the region�??s land. The majority of the society residing in this area are agropastoralists (dominantly the Wasukuma people) with livestock rearing being among the major economic activity. The region hosts 20% of the livestock population of Tanzania and around 80% of the households in the area have 20 to 500 heads of cattle per household. The prominence of Trypanosomiasis, a livestock disease transmitted by tse tse fly contributed to clearing of the woodlands, a measure taken to control its spread (Box 7.2). This measure has changed the ecosystem abruptly and with time drought and desertification became eminent threats to the whole region
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]L.A Duguma, 'Shinyanga: blending old and new agroforestry to integrate development, climate change mitigation and adaptation in Tanzania', Sustainable development through trees on farms: agroforestry in its fifth decade, pp.139-151, 2019
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