Forest Tenure Impact Evaluation Workshop
The Environment for Development initiative arranged a Forest Tenure Impact Evaluation Workshop in connection to the World Bank’s annual conference on land and poverty in Washington D.C. on April 18-20…
Land Conservation Technologies Adoption and its Impact on Smallholder Agriculture in Tanzania: A case study of REDD implementing areas
Land degradation is a major serious problem in Tanzania that contributes greatly to decline in productivity and poses a threat to rural livelihood and the economy at large given the importance of
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Sustainable financing options of the climate change and climate variability adaptation measures by rural smallholder farmers in Tanzania
A majority of the rural poor in Tanzania derive their income from agriculture. The most important input in the agricultural production is labour and the rain water. This situation implies that, very
The Vulnerability of Households Welfare to Shocks in Tanzania
Tanzania is largely an agrarian economy where over 70 percent of the population lives in the rural areas. The mainstay of the rural economy is agriculture and livestock keeping, and the agriculture
Implementing REDD through Community-Based Forest Management Lessons from Tanzania
REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) aims to slow carbon releases caused by forest disturbance by making payments conditional on forest quality over time. Like earlier policies to slow deforestation, REDD must change the behaviour of forest degraders.
Poor fishermen and farmers lack benefits from government sustainable growth investments
A child was killed by bees, and the fish did not survive. These were two sad outcomes of the investments in beehives and fishponds as alternative income sources for fishermen in marine protected areas
EfD-Tanzania (EfDT)
The Supply of Inorganic Fertilizers to Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania, Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development
EfD Authors:
Inorganic fertilizer is one of a handful of agricultural technologies that have immense potential for raising the productivity of poor smallholders, enabling them to increase income, accumulate assets, and set themselves economically on a pathway out of poverty.
EfD Tanzania Center Report 2011/12
This report presents EfD Tanzania, its members and work during 2011/12. For a free hardcopy, please send an email to: info@efdinitiative.org
The Tanzanian node of the Environment for Development initiative is based at:
Economics Department, University of Dar es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Coordinator: Dr Razack Lokina
Emai: razack_lokina@yahoo.co.uk
Tel.+255-22-2410252
Sizing Protected Areas within a Landscape: The Roles of Villagers’ Reaction and the Ecological-Socioeconomic Setting
EfD Authors:
Traditionally, siting and sizing decisions for parks and reserves reflected ecological characteristics but typically failed to consider ecological costs created from displaced resource collection, welfare costs on nearby rural people, and enforcement costs.