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Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on smallholder agriculture and livelihoods in Tanzania
(IOP SCIENCE, 2022-07-27)
Improving agricultural productivity is a foundational sustainability challenge in the 21st century.
Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have important effects on both well-being and the
environment in the Global South. ...
Invisible waste: Understanding the political culture of solid and liquid waste management in towns of Tanzania
(INNSPUB, 2022-01-12)
This article uses ethnographic and case study approaches to unveil the distinct culture characterising the
management of liquid and solid waste in urban areas of Tanzania. The article shows that slow accumulation
nature ...
Relaxed complex scheme and molecular dynamics simulation suggests small molecule inhibitor of human TMPRSS2 for combating COVID-19
(Taylor & Francis online, 2021-11-09)
As the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose a health and economic crisis worldwide, the quest for drugs and/or vaccines against the virus continues. The human transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) ...
Determinants of Agropastoralist Households’ Fodder Accessibility and Rangeland Conservation in Magu District, Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2022-03)
The availability and accessibility of adequate and quality fodder is a huge challenge for pastoral and agropastoralist communities in Tanzania. Fodder scarcity, primarily driven by rangeland degradation, population growth, ...
Multiple anthropogenic pressures challenge the effectiveness of protected areas in western Tanzania
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-03-29)
Despite being key conservation instruments, the ecological effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) is contested. To assess the ecological effectiveness of PAs in the Katavi-Rukwa Ecosystem (KRE) in western Tanzania, we ...
Forests, Farms, and Fallows: The Dynamics of Tree Cover Transition in the Southern Part of the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
(MDPI, 2021-05-28)
Forests and woodlands remain under threat in tropical Africa due to excessive exploitation
and inadequate management interventions, and the isolated success stories of tree retention and tree
cover transition on African ...
Pesticide sensitivity of Nothobranchius neumanni, a temporary pond predator with a non-generic life-history
(Elsevier, 2022-03)
Pesticides are crucial to improve agricultural productivity, but often adversely affect surrounding aquatic systems and their fauna. To determine the environmental risk of pesticides, routine ecotoxicological tests are ...
Modelling the impact of climate change on Tanzanian forests
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-08-31)
Aim: Climate change is pressing extra strain on the already degraded forest eco system in Tanzania. However, it is mostly unknown how climate change will affect
the distribution of forests in the future. We aimed to model ...
Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania
(PLOS, 2022-10-28)
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has caused epidemics involving people and animals across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. A number of studies have found evidence for the circulation of ...
Knowledge and Dietary Practices on Vitamin A and Iron Among Maasai Pregnant Women: A Mixed-Method Study, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
(Dovepress, 2020-09-18)
Background: Provision of micronutrients knowledge is important during pregnancy as it
informs mothers what to eat and avoid, to ensure sufficient micronutrient absorption by the
mothers and fetuses. Most studies focus ...