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Prevalence and predictors of undernutrition among underfive children in Arusha District, Tanzania
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2018)
Childhood undernutrition is a global health challenge impacting child growth and survival rates. This deficit in nutritional status contributes to the increasing chronic disease prevalence and economic burden in individuals ...
Sustainable Food Production Systems for Climate Change Mitigation: Indigenous Rhizobacteria for Potato Bio-fertilization in Tanzania
(Springer Nature, 2021-03-26)
The global rise in human population has led to the intensification of agricultural
activities to meet the ever-rising food demand. The potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
is a crop with the potential to tackle food security ...
Protecting the commons: Predictors of willingness to mitigate communal land degradation among Maasai pastoralists
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020-12)
Extensive land degradation is a global problem that presents a critical threat to pastoralists’ welfare in East Africa and beyond. Although the reasons for this environmental problem are complex, it is likely to be exacerbated ...
Radioactivity and dose assessment of naturally occurring radionuclides in terrestrial environments and foodstuffs: a review of Bahi district, Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-07-15)
In this review, the online searchable research articles were scrutinized for the data presented in line with radioactivity and dose estimates from both terrestrial environments and foodstuffs from Bahi district and other ...
Plant competition as an ecosystem-based management tool for suppressing Parthenium hysterophorus in rangelands
(Elsevier, 2021-01-29)
Abstract
The exotic invasive plant pathenium hystephorus is invading rangelands in Africa while causing
negative effects on the biodiversity, environment, economy, and human and animal health because
eco-friendly control ...
Application of estuarine ecohydrology approach for Studying the key hydrological and ecological Processes of the Wami estuary, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2017-12)
This study was conducted in the Wami Estuary in Saadani National Park (SANAPA) to
understand the key hydrological and ecological processes that influence the ecosystem
functioning. It focused at the dynamics of water ...
Termite diversity, damage on crop and human settlements and their potential sustainable management strategies in Africa
(International Science Community Association, 2019-01-05)
Termites are problematic insects due to their threat in agricultural fields and human settlements. They cause a significant loss to food and cash crops, wooden components in buildings and trees of economic importance, ...
STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS OF PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS, A CAUSAL AGENT OF THE LATE BLIGHT DISEASE OF TOMATO, IN TROPICAL AFRICA
(cabidigitallibrary, 2019)
Late blight disease caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is a serious challenge in tomato (Solanum
lycopersicum L or Lycopersicon esculentum L) production worldwide. In tropical Africa, the disease is increasing ...
Preparation of rifampicin/poly(d,l-lactice) nanoparticles for sustained release by supercritical assisted atomization technique
(Elsevier, 2014-11)
In this work supercritical assisted atomization (SAA) process was used for the co-precipitation of poly(d,l-lactide) (PDLLA) and rifampicin (RIF) as nanoparticles for sustained release applications. The effect of the ...
iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
(BMC Bioinformatics, 2019)
Background: One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is turning large numbers of
reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms into biological knowledge. Effective analytical ...