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A user guide to Tanzania Africa research in sustainable intensification for the next generation (Africa RISING) baseline evaluation survey data

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Tanzania
agriculture
farming systems
agricultural land management
rural areas
assessment
The Tanzania Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey (TARBES) was implemented during February-April 2014 as part of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Africa RISING. The Africa RISING program aims to create—through action research and development partnerships—opportunities for smallholder farmers in Africa south of the Sahara to sustainably intensify their farming systems and to improve their food, nutrition, and income security.
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RANGELANDS IMPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND POLICY AND LEGISLATION IN PASTORAL AREAS OF TANZANIA

EXPERIENCES OF JOINT VILLAGE LAND USE AGREEMENTS AND PLANNING

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2016
Tanzania
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land governance
land law
land policies
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
rangelands
No.7 issue of the Rangelands Series goes through experiences of joint village land use agreements and planning.
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The Morphology of African Cities

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
This paper illustrates how the capabilities of GIS and satellite imagery can be harnessed to explore and better understand the urban form of several large African cities (Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Kigali, Dar es Salaam, and Dakar). To allow for comparability across very diverse cities, this work looks at the above mentioned cities through the lens of several spatial indicators and relies heavily on data derived from satellite imagery.
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Cheaper, Faster, and More Than Good Enough

Is GPS the New Gold Standard in Land Area Measurement?

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2016
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Africa
land
land management
In rural societies of low- and middle-income countries, land is a major measure of wealth, a critical input in agricultural production, and a key variable for assessing agricultural performance and productivity. In the absence of cadastral information to refer to, measures of land plots have historically been taken with one of two approaches: traversing (accurate, but cumbersome), and farmers' self-report (cheap, but marred by measurement error). Recently, the advent of cheap handheld GPS devices has held promise for balancing cost and precision.
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Seaweed Aquaculture for Food Security, Income Generation and Environmental Health in Tropical Developing Countries

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2016
Tanzania, Japan, Malaysia, Madagascar, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Argentina, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Brazil, New Zealand, Central America, Northern America, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.
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Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2016
Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
poverty
Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper addresses this gap using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in five countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Trees on farms are widespread. On average, one third of rural smallholders grow trees. They account for an average of 17 percent of total annual gross income for tree-growing households and 6 percent for all rural households.
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Arrests and harassments of human rights defenders in Tanzania

Policy Papers & Briefs
August, 2016
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
concession (land)
displacement
dispossession
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
land conflicts
land dispute
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This briefing note call attention to the ongoing situation of harassments and arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders in Loliondo in northern Tanzania.It offers an account of the recent events taking place in the area and background information.

IWGIA believes that these developments are a cause of great concern. The detentions, harassment and trumped up charges undermine civil society and other stakeholders, limiting their options to carry out human rights work in Tanzania.
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La tenencia y REDD+

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2016
Mozambique, China, Indonesia, Congo, Guinea, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ecuador, Cambodia, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Kenya
land tenure
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Régimes fonciers et REDD+

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2016
Kenya, Mozambique, Indonesia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Rwanda, Tanzania, Cambodia, Congo, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Cameroon, Brazil
land tenure
The Policy Brief provides a brief background on the UN-REDD Programme's approach to land tenure and REDD+.
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Boosting Africa’s Soils

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2016
Tanzania, Ghana, Guinea, Somalia, Nigeria, Africa
agricultural land management
This booklet presents an overview of the issue of soil management practices in Africa. It briefly presents the 12-Resolution “Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for the African Green Revolution” adopted in 2006 and contextualizes the 2014 adoption by the 23rd Summit of the African Union of the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods that reaffirmed that agriculture should remain high on the development agenda of the continent.