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Smallholder dairy cattle feeding technologies and practices in Tanzania: failures, successes, challenges and prospects for sustainability
(International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2018-02-26)In Tanzania, milk production under smallholder farming systems is season sensitive, fluctuations of feeds in both quantity and quality being the major driver. A dry season decline in milk production of over 40% due to ... -
Smallholder farmer's awareness and determination of aflatoxins in sesame seeds of southern Tanzania
(Journal of Food Safety and Hygiene, 2022)Consumption of aflatoxins contaminated foods has led to detrimental health effects worldwide, with even more severe cases in African countries including Tanzania. A cross sectional study was conducted to assess awareness ... -
Smallholder farmers’ awareness and aflatoxins contamination of sesame seeds grown in Southern Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2023-07)Consumption of aflatoxins contaminated foods has led to detrimental health effects worldwide, with even more severe cases in African countries including Tanzania. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Lindi and ... -
A smart environmental monitoring system for data centres using IOT and machine learning
(NM-AIST, 2023-08)Data centres are a crucial part of many organizations in the world today consisting of expensive assets that store and process critical business data as well as applications responsible for their daily operations. ... -
Smart System for Controlling and Monitoring Water and Turbidity Levels in Dam Reservoir using Micro-Controller Technology
(Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2022-01)A micro-controller-based technology has been developed for monitoring and controlling the water quality and quantity in dam reservoirs by using various sensors. This system is able to automatically detect and measure the ... -
Smart system for controlling and monitoring water and turbidity levels in dam reservoir using arduino technology: a case study of Mudasomwa, Rwanda
(NM-AIST, 2022-08)Energy remains an essential resource for the sustainable development of any country. Although many projects of energy production have been put in place, the hydropower type requires a dam structure for storing water to ... -
Smart system for monitoring and controlling oxygen gas level in high purity germanium detector room: a case study of Tanzania atomic energy commission, Arusha-Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2023-07)Low-oxygen air causes death all around the world. Even though the number of fatalities varies from year to year and location to location, nitrogen gas replaces oxygen in the atmosphere, increasing its percentage to ... -
Smart system for monitoring and controlling oxygen gas level in high purity germanium detector room: a case study of Tanzania atomic energy commission, Arusha-Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2023-07)Low-oxygen air causes death all around the world. Even though the number of fatalities varies from year to year and location to location, nitrogen gas replaces oxygen in the atmosphere, increasing its percentage to less ... -
Smart tanks juice level monitoring system: a case study of Raha beverages company limited Arusha, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2022-07)Tanzania is among the East African Countries with rapid economic development, and it is a low middle-income country. The development of industries is among the factors that contribute to the economic growth of the ... -
A smartphone-based road signs alert system for vehicle drivers’ assistance in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2022-07)Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) are major problems worldwide resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are one of the salient features of intelligent systems in transportation. ... -
Sniffing Oriental Aromatic Scents: The Perfumery Trope in Eroticized Swahili Odes.
(Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Studies, 2020)Swahili poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have foregrounded adapted perfumery customs with great reverence in their works. It functions as a vital cue to trans-Indian Ocean commonalities and as a marker ... -
Social knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions on wastewater treatment, technologies, and reuse in Tanzania
(IWA Publishing, 2022-06-01)This study assessed the social knowledge, attitude, and perceptions (KAPs) on wastewater treatment, the technologies involved, and its reuse across different wastewater treatment areas in four regions of Tanzania. We used ... -
Social-ecological assessment of Lake Manyara basin, Tanzania: A mixed method approach.
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020-08-01)The social-ecological system of the Lake Manyara basin (Northern Tanzania), a UNESCO Biosphere reserve (BR) suffers from social-economic and environmental problems due to decreasing water levels, erosion and land and water ... -
A Socio-Ecological Approach to Understanding How Land Use Challenges Human-Elephant Coexistence in Northern Tanzania
(MDPI, 2022-06-24)A globally rapid land use/land cover change (LULC) in human-transformed landscapes alters the interface of human-wildlife interactions due to shifting socio-ecological and environmental pressures. Understanding these shifts ... -
Socio-Economic Factors for Anthill Soil Utilization by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia
(MDPI, 2019-09-05)In this study, we surveyed two districts of Zambia—Choma and Pemba. The aim of this study was to obtain the perspective of farmers on anthill soil utilization practices for key information that could contribute towards the ... -
Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Level of Awareness of Aflatoxin Contamination of Feeds among Livestock Farmers in Meru District of Tanzania
(Hindawi, 2018-04-30)Aflatoxins occurrence in feeds challenges human and animal health. Farmers’ awareness status of these toxins has an effect on their level of exposure. The study assessed the influence of socioeconomic characteristics of ... -
Soil data collection using wireless sensor networks and offsite visualization: case study of the innovative solutions for digital agriculture project in Kenya
(NM-AIST, 2021-08)The applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Internet of Everything (IoE) has changed how we obtain and consume information. Traditional farming has come a long way in accepting scientific methods to improve ... -
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments
(Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2021-12)Water bodies in Tanzania are experiencing increased siltation, which is threatening water quality, ecosystem health, and livelihood security in the region. This phenomenon is caused by increasing rates of upstream soil ... -
Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-12-03)Implementation of socially acceptable and environmentally desirable solutions to soil erosion challenges is often limited by (1) fundamental gaps between the evidence bases of different disciplines and (2) an implementation ... -
Soil fertility and land sustainability in Usangu Basin-Tanzania
(Heliyon, 2021-08-09)Soil fertility determines crop growth, productivity and consequently determines land productivity and sustainability. Continuous crop production exploits plant nutrients from soils leading to plant nutrient imbalance, thus ...