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Risk of exposures of pesticide residues from tomato in Tanzania
(Academic Journal, 2017-08-31)
Tomato contributes the highest percent to the fruit and vegetables consumed in Tanzania. Its high consumption is attributed to the presence of bioactive compounds and vitamins known to prevent non-communicable diseases. ...
Modeling Boran cattle populations under climate change and varying carrying capacity
(Elsevier, 2017-05-24)
Cattle populations in semiarid rangelands are currently facing severe threats due to erratic rainfall and increasing drought frequencies, leading to poor vegetation quality and a consecutive cattle population decline. ...
Carbon stocks and sequestration potential of dry forests under community management in Tigray, Ethiopia
(Springer Open, 2017-06-20)
Introduction: Forests form a major component of the carbon (C) reserves in the world’s ecosystems. However, little
is known on how management influences C stocks of woody vegetation, particularly in dry areas. We ...
Optimal formulations of local foods to achieve nutritional adequacy for 6–23-month-old rural Tanzanian children
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-07-30)
Background: Achieving nutritional goals of infants and young children while maintaining the
intake of local and culture-specific foods can be a daunting task. Diet optimisation using linear
goal programming (LP) can ...
Analysis of nutritional adequacy of local foods for meeting dietary requirements of children aged 6-23 months in rural central Tanzania
(Archives of Public Health, 2017-08-17)
Under nutrition remains a serious problem among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Analysing how
diets composed of local foods could achieve nutritional goals for infants and young children in low-income
settings is essential. ...
Ultra Low-Loss Hybrid Core Porous Fiber For Broadband Applications
(Optical Society of America, 2017-02-01)
In this paper, we present the design and analysis of a novel hybrid porous core octagonal lattice photonic crystal
fiber for terahertz (THz) wave guidance. The numerical analysis is performed using a full-vector finite ...
Between Policy Intent and Practice: Negotiating Access to Land and Other Resources in Tanzania’s Wildlife Management Areas
(Tropical Conservation Science, 2017-10-25)
This article analyses how states and nonstate actors’ efforts at sustaining natural resource lead to the exclusion of those who
are most dependent on access to it. An access lenses review of Burunge Wildlife Management ...
Can rangelands gain from bush encroachment? Carbon stocks of communal grazing lands invaded by Prosopis juliflora
(Elsevier Ltd., 2017-06)
Rangeland ecosystems are rapidly declining due to overgrazing and bush encroachment. Little is known about how important bush encroachment is for climate change mitigation. We estimated woody plant biomass at different ...
Rangeland forage availability and management in times of drought – A case study of pastoralists in Afar, Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2017-04)
Many Eastern African rangelands comprise marginal land, where climatic conditions are poor, access rights are increasingly limited, and land degradation is progressing. We conducted participatory land use mapping and ...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services−A case study for the assessment of multiple species and functional diversity levels in a cultural landscape
(Elsevier B.V., 2017-04)
The expansion of large-scale plantations has a major impact on landscapes in the Tropics and Subtropics. Crops like soy bean, oil palm and rubber have led to drastic changes in land cover over the past decades, thereby ...