ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing options to promote effectiveness of formal institutions in water resources management in LVB: - Using Ukerewe district as a case study. It focused on identifying types of formal institutions related to water resources management in LVB, examined strategies used for water resources management and identified the possible strategies to improve water resources management. The study used interview, Focus Group Discussion, observation and Documentary reviews ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated factors for persistence of land use conflicts in Kilombero District, Tanzania. The study focused on identifying groups involved, types and impacts of land use conflicts and examining strategies used in addressing land use conflicts in the study areas. The study covered three villages namely Mbingu, Mwaya and Idete within the Kilombero District. A total of 100 head of households and 30 key informants were involved in the study. Data was collected through Questi...
ABSTRACT Drought is a recurrent climatic phenomenon in many parts of the world which requires urgent interventions to ensure that it does not jeopardize the lives of many people. During drought periods and beyond, semi-arid areas are left with no enough food and resources to invest in agricultural production. Despite of Tanzania‟s Government efforts together with other stakeholders‟ efforts to overcome drought, still it affects environment, agricultural production and water resources res...
ABSTRACT This study is about promotion of grassroots participation on HIV/AIDS policy formulation in rural Tanzania a case of Serengeti district. Grassroots participation has been done in Tanzania but in HIV/AIDS policy formulation particularly it has never been done. The main problem behind the study is lack of participation for ordinary people in the HIV/AIDS policy, especially in rural areas where only few people have knowledge on the National HIV/AIDS elimination strategies. The aim is t...
ABSTRACT The sunflower oilseed processing enterprises survey assessed the role of oilseeds processing technology transfer in enhancing local technology capabilities. The specific objectives aimed to identify existing level of technology capability among the local R&D organizations and the enterprises processing sunflower oilseeds in Dodoma urban and Kongwa districts, to identify the kind of technology transfer to the local R&D organizations and the enterprises processing sunflower oilseeds an...
ABSTRACT The central focus of this study is to understand the way the local communities involve in the management of mangrove forest. It considers Bwejuu village in Zanzibar as a case study. The study used questionnaires schedules and interviews guides as tool of collecting data from the respondents concerned. Purposive sampling and the simple random techniques were resorted to whereby samples of almost 80 respondents were used to represent the total population of the universe. The study reve...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of motorcycle taxi “Boda Boda” as a new paradigm for livelihood diversification. Specifically, the study aimed to get a better understanding on the socio-economic contributions and constraints of motorcycle taxi “Boda Boda” in rural areas and their implications on livelihood diversification at the household level. The study was conducted in Dodoma Region, Tanzania, whereby Chamwino District with the predominantly agro...
ABSTRACT This research is a study on urban agriculture as a tool for environmental management in Dodoma Municipality. The general objective of the study is to investigate the real and potential contributions of urban agriculture as a tool for urban environmental management in Dodoma municipal area. The analysis of the study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through a questionnaire survey that covered104 farming households in four wards namely, Makulu, K/Nde...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the factors influencing the effectiveness of Joint Forest Management (JFM) approach in conservation and management of forest reserves in Tanzania, using Kimboza forest reserve as a case study. The study specifically intended to examine the response of community towards JFM approach, to investigate benefits to the community due to their involvement in JFM and to determine factors influencing local people’s participation in JFM for conserving and managing fore...
ABSTRACT This study on thecontribution of small and medium enterprises to the development of Zanzibar economy, Drop of Zanzibar and Zainab bottlers were taken as the case study. It was important to conduct this research in Zanzibar urban district region because no research of such nature. The study comprised one hundred respondents from study. Simple randomsampling is technique which used to select one hundred respondents from total population of 7,825 people from the study area. Data were c...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the causes for the decline of coconut industry and its consequences to the livelihoods of coconut farmers, based on the following specific objectives: to examine the contribution of coconut industry to the economy of Zanzibar, to investigate the trend of factors of the decline of coconut industry in Zanzibar, and to examine social and economic consequences to the farmer‘s livelihoods in Zanzibar and assess the existing efforts in which they had been taken to ...
ABSTRACT This study generally investigated the contribution of Community Health Workers to Orphan and Vulnerable Children‟s access to health services in Dodoma Municipal, Tanzania. Specifically, the study assessed different health services provided to Orphan and Vulnerable Children in Dodoma Municipal, examined the involvement of Community Health Workers in Orphan and Vulnerable Children‟s access to health services and examined the challenges faced by CHWs in facilitating OVC‟s access ...
ABSTRACT The study assessed park-people relations and their contribution in community livelihoods at KINAPA and its surrounding communities. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate park-people relations, to examine the factors influencing the park-people relations at KINAPA and to examine contribution of the park to the livelihoods of communities adjacent to the Kilimanjaro National Park. A sample of 99 respondents were selected from Foo and Wari villages and involved in the ...
ABSTRACT The study intended to assess the contribution of mechanized agricultural equipments in Corn production in Dodoma, the case of Kongwa District Council. The following specific objectives guided data collection: to examine the status of mechanized agricultural equipments and inputs for corn production, to examine its contribution in corn production and to explore the challenges facing farmer groups in managing and using mechanized agricultural equipments for corn production in the stud...
ABSTRACT The decision to investigate on the potentials of SMEs for youth employment in Mwanza, emanated from the increasingly unemployment problem to youth in the country. The existence of SMEs sought to reduce unemployment problem. However in Mwanza city and to most big towns there is massive unemployed youth with the presence of SMEs. Therefore, the study aims to examine potentials of SMEs in youth employment, highlights challenges hindering the sector from providing youth with employment a...