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A simplified non-greenhouse hydroponic system for small-scale soilless urban vegetable farming
(Elsevier, 2022-10-09)Majority of under-developed countries continue to face a challenge of food insecurity around urban areas resulting from factors such as; limited access to arable land. This study aimed at developing a simplified low-tech ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Soilless urban gardening as a post covid-19 food security salvage technology: A study on the physiognomic response of lettuce to hydroponics in Uganda
(Elsevier, 2023-03)This study was conducted to assess the performance of vegetables using a non-greenhouse hydroponic system as a sustainable urban farming technology to increase food security (in terms of vegetable production and availability). ... -
Solar-Drying of Vegetables for Micronutrients Retention and Product Diversification
(American Journal of Research Communication, 2016)Micronutrients retention of solar-dried vegetables were studied with an aim of increasing iron, zinc and β-carotene bioaccessibility as well as product diversification. Iron, zinc and β-carotene contents in fresh and dried ... -
Solvent effects on host-guest residence time and kinetics: further insights from metadynamics simulation of Toussaintine-A unbiding from chitosan nanoparticle
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2021-04-14)Solvents play an important role in host-guest intermolecular interactions. The kinetics and residence time of Toussaintine-A (TouA) unbinding from chitosan was investigated by means of well-tempered metadynamics and ... -
Solvent effects on host-guest residence time and kinetics: further insights from metadynamics simulation of Toussaintine-A unbiding from chitosan nanoparticle
(Springer Nature, 2021-04-14)Solvents play an important role in host-guest intermolecular interactions. The kinetics and residence time of Toussaintine-A (TouA) unbinding from chitosan was investigated by means of well-tempered metadynamics and ... -
Solvent effects on molecular encapsulation of Toussantine-A by chitosan nanoparticle: A metadynamics study
(Elsevier, 2019-10-15)We report a metadynamics study of toussantine-A with chitosan nanoparticle in dimethyl sulfoxide and water in order to assess the solvent related effects on free energy and interaction stability between the two compounds. ... -
Solvothermal liquefaction of orange peels into biocrude: An experimental investigation of biocrude yield and energy compositional dependency on process variables
(Elsevier, 2024-01)The efficient valorization of biomass for energy-derived biocrudes is essential for effective waste management. However, the production of biocrudes with high energy and reduced oxygen contents during the liquefaction ... -
Sorghum chemistry delineates levels of its susceptibility to weevils (sitophilus spp) and breeding strategies towards variety development; a review
(The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2020-10)Weevils (Sitophilus spp) are serious pests that can damage sorghum grains in stores if not controlled. The infestation of sorghum by the pest can cause huge economic loss ranging from 15% to 75% depending on levels of ... -
Soybean-Nodulating Rhizobia: Ecology, Characterization, Diversity, and Growth Promoting Functions
(Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022-04-14)The worldwide increase in population continues to threaten the sustainability of agricultural systems since agricultural output must be optimized to meet the global rise in food demand. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is among ... -
Spatial and seasonal group size variation of wild mammalian herbivores in multiple use landscapes of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
(PLOS ONE, 2022-04-19)Group sizes of wild herbivores can be indicators of ecosystem health and proxies for individual and population fitness, particularly in areas where human activities have become increasingly common. We recorded 176 single- ... -
Spatial and temporal distribution of foot-and-mouth disease in four districts situated along the Uganda-Tanzania border: Implications for cross-border efforts in disease control.
(AOSIS, 2018-08-27)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the major trans-boundary animal diseases in East Africa causing economic loss to farmers and other stakeholders in the livestock industry. Foot-and-mouth disease occurs widely in both ... -
Spatial and temporal risk as drivers for adoption of foot and mouth disease vaccination.
(Elsevier Ltd., 2018-08-09)Identifying the drivers of vaccine adoption decisions under varying levels of perceived disease risk and benefit provides insight into what can limit or enhance vaccination uptake. To address the relationship of perceived ... -
Spatial distribution and anthropogenic threats facing medicinal plant Zanthoxylum chalybeum in Simanjiro Area, Northern Tanzania.
(Elsevier, 2020-11)Knob wood (Zanthoxylum chalybeum - Rutaceae) is a medicinal plant species subject to heavy exploitation throughout its areas of occurrence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite that the tree has different values as a traditional ... -
Spatio-temporal invasion dynamics of Maesopsis eminii in Amani Nature Forest Reserve, Tanzania
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-06-01)Globally, invasive plant species cause negative impacts to human livelihoods and natural ecosystems, particularly in biodiversity hotspots. Maesopsis eminii invasion in Amani Nature Forest Reserve, Tanzania, was considered ...