Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views

Declining 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 politic...

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Main Authors:	Dejene, Alemneh, Shishira, Elieho, Yanda, Pius, Johnsen, Fred H.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AREA UNDER CULTIVATION CHEMICAL FERTILIZER COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES CROP CROP YIELD CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION DAIRY DAIRY COWS DEFORESTATION DRAFT POWER ECOLOGY EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FARMYARD MANURE FAUNA FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FOREST FOREST LAND FUELWOOD GRAZING GRAZING RIGHTS HERD SIZE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTERCROPPING LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LAND USERS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK DISEASE LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY MALNUTRITION MILK MILK PRODUCTION ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS OVERGRAZING PASTORALISTS PLANTING POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGENERATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SMALLHOLDERS SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY STALL FEEDING STRIP CROPPING TERRACING VEGETATION WATER HARVESTING WEEDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/12862134/land-degradation-tanzania-village-views http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9926

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spelling	okr-10986-99262021-04-23T14:02:47Z Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views Dejene, Alemneh Shishira, Elieho Yanda, Pius Johnsen, Fred H. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AREA UNDER CULTIVATION CHEMICAL FERTILIZER COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES CROP CROP YIELD CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION DAIRY DAIRY COWS DEFORESTATION DRAFT POWER ECOLOGY EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FARMYARD MANURE FAUNA FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FOREST FOREST LAND FUELWOOD GRAZING GRAZING RIGHTS HERD SIZE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTERCROPPING LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LAND USERS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK DISEASE LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY MALNUTRITION MILK MILK PRODUCTION ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS OVERGRAZING PASTORALISTS PLANTING POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGENERATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SMALLHOLDERS SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY STALL FEEDING STRIP CROPPING TERRACING VEGETATION WATER HARVESTING WEEDS Declining 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. 2012-08-13T09:54:05Z 2012-08-13T09:54:05Z 1997-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/12862134/land-degradation-tanzania-village-views http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9926 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 91 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Tanzania
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AREA UNDER CULTIVATION CHEMICAL FERTILIZER COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES CROP CROP YIELD CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION DAIRY DAIRY COWS DEFORESTATION DRAFT POWER ECOLOGY EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FARMYARD MANURE FAUNA FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FOREST FOREST LAND FUELWOOD GRAZING GRAZING RIGHTS HERD SIZE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTERCROPPING LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LAND USERS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK DISEASE LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY MALNUTRITION MILK MILK PRODUCTION ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS OVERGRAZING PASTORALISTS PLANTING POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGENERATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SMALLHOLDERS SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY STALL FEEDING STRIP CROPPING TERRACING VEGETATION WATER HARVESTING WEEDS
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AREA UNDER CULTIVATION CHEMICAL FERTILIZER COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES CROP CROP YIELD CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION DAIRY DAIRY COWS DEFORESTATION DRAFT POWER ECOLOGY EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FARMYARD MANURE FAUNA FERTILIZER FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FOREST FOREST LAND FUELWOOD GRAZING GRAZING RIGHTS HERD SIZE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTERCROPPING LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PRACTICES LAND USERS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK DISEASE LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY MALNUTRITION MILK MILK PRODUCTION ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS OVERGRAZING PASTORALISTS PLANTING POOR FARMERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGENERATION SMALLHOLDER FARMING SMALLHOLDERS SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY STALL FEEDING STRIP CROPPING TERRACING VEGETATION WATER HARVESTING WEEDS Dejene, Alemneh Shishira, Elieho Yanda, Pius Johnsen, Fred H. Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
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description	Declining 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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author	Dejene, Alemneh Shishira, Elieho Yanda, Pius Johnsen, Fred H.
author_facet	Dejene, Alemneh Shishira, Elieho Yanda, Pius Johnsen, Fred H.
author_sort	Dejene, Alemneh
title	Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
title_short	Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
title_full	Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
title_fullStr	Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
title_full_unstemmed	Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views
title_sort	land degradation in tanzania : village views
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/07/12862134/land-degradation-tanzania-village-views http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9926
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Land Degradation in Tanzania : Village Views

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