• Conservation of medicinal plants for managing HIV/AIDs opportunistic infections in Rungwe district, Mbeya region, Tanzania. 

  Kibonde, S. F. (Sokoine university of agriculture, 2019)

  The application of medicinal plants in primary health care for people living with HIV/AIDS is well acknowledged in Tanzania. However, the conservation status of medicinal plants is questionable. This study aimed at ...
• Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation, Climate Variability and Crop Production in Tanzania’s Semi-arid Agro-Ecological Zone: A Case Study of the Kongwa District 

  Mkonda, M. Y. (2018)

  Various ecological and environmental indicators including climate change, soil fertility, water availability and proper agronomic practices that form optimal agricultural systems are needed to be integrated for increasing ...
• A novel assessment of the impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation of climate change in Eastern Africa 

  Mkonda, M. Y. (2019)

  The evidences that climate change (CC) is a real situation have been established by different scholars and international organizations. However, much of the vast and burgeoning literature on CC has indicated spatial ...
• Conservation agriculture for environmental sustainability in a semiarid agroecological zone under climate change scenarios 

  Hong, Z.; Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Sustainability, 2018)

  Using the Mann–Kendall Test to analyze data from a survey of 400 farmers, this study compared the rate of adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in two contrasting villages of Mnyakongo and Ugogoni locating in the ...
• Stocks and ecological significance of soil carbon in Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)

  Numerous documentations have paid a few attentions to the mapping of soil organic carbon (SOC) in Tanzania. To any country, the estimation of SOC is very important as provide social, ecological and economic values just to ...
• Are rainfall and temperature really changing? Farmer’s perceptions, meteorological data, and policy implications in the Tanzanian semi-arid zone 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Sustainability, 2017)

  Although various climate models, statistical crop models and economic simulations have been established to determine the level of farmers’ vulnerability, there has been little systematic assessment of farmers’ perception ...
• Comparing smallholder farmers’ perception of climate change with meteorological Data: experience from seven agroecological zones of Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.; Festin, E. S. (American Meteorological Society, 2018)

  This paper examines and compares smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change with the collected meteorological data (1980–2015) across the seven agroecological zones (AEZs) of Tanzania. Systematic and simple random ...
• Production trends of food crops: opportunities, challenges and prospects to improve Tanzanian rural livelihoods 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)

  Tanzanian agriculture employs about 80% of the national labour force and most of these are rural dwellers. The country has about 44 million hectares of arable land but less than 24% of the area has been harnessed. Similarly, ...
• The political ecology of peasant-herder conflict in Mvomero district, Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y. (2016)

  It is worthwhile to address the peasant-herder conflict because of their rampant increase in most developing countries. Rigorous and integrative studies on this aspect can significantly contribute to the growing literature ...
• Tanzanian controversy on resources endowments and poverty 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Environment and Ecology Research, 2017)

  This paper examines the existing resources curse in Tanzania with detailed analyses on the controversy. A country with high resources endowments: i.e. about 44 million hectares of arable land, precious minerals, forests ...
• Vulnerability Assessment of the Livelihoods in Tanzania’s Semi-Arid Agro-Ecological Zone under Climate Change Scenarios 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (MDPI, 2018)

  Despite the established literature on the vulnerability to climate change in various parts of Tanzania, it is worthwhile to assess the extent of this vulnerability of the peoples’ livelihoods and predict its future ...
• The potentials of agroforestry systems in east Africa: a case of the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017)

  The optimization of crop yields and environmental services need a proper selection and adoption of sustainable farming systems. Agroforestry is a farming system which involves the integration of trees and crops in the ...
• Efficacy of transforming agriculture for survival to commercial agriculture through 'Kilimo kwanza' initiative in Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)

  Kilimo Kwanza which means “Agriculture First” in English, is an initiative launched by the Tanzanian government in 2006 to spearhead the transformation of subsistence to commercial agriculture for curbing poverty. The ...
• Climate variability and crop yields synergies in Tanzania’s semiarid agroecological zone 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  The consequences of climate change have been considerably high to smallholders in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. These impacts have been more enormous to crop production and other attached livelihoods. However, the comprehensive ...
• Conservation agriculture in Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2017)

  Conservation agriculture is promoted to increase crop production and environmental sustainability. It is proposed to be a solution for the problem of poor agricultural yields and soil degradation in most Sub-Saharan ...
• Yields of the major food crops: Implications to food security and policy in Tanzania’s Semi-Arid Agro-Ecological Zone 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (2017)

  While Tanzania has been facing food shortage for some decades, little efforts have been made to elicit optimal crop yields. To limit this problem, there is a need for a robust agricultural policy that aims at stabilizing ...
• Efficacy of transforming agriculture for survival to commercial agriculture through 'Kilimo Kwanza' Initiative in Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (2016)

  Kilimo Kwanza which means “Agriculture First” in English, is an initiative launched by the Tanzanian government in 2006 to spearhead the transformation of subsistence to commercial agriculture for curbing poverty. The ...
• Sustainable environmental conservation in East Africa through agroforestry systems: A case of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (2017-07-26)

  Sustainable conservation of any ecosystem needs a balance between resource utilization and management. The Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) of East Africa which covers a large area more particularly in Tanzania needs such kind ...
• The Emerging Population Increase and Its Environmental Challenges and Remedies in Iringa Municipal, Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017-02-16)

  The study has shown that the environmental challenges encountered in Iringa and most other urban areas in Africa are due to the anthropogenic activities arising from the influxes of migrants from rural areas. The urban ...
• Agricultural history nexus food security and policy framework in Tanzania 

  Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X. (2018)

  Background: Understanding the production trend of the major food crops is an important step for any nation that evaluates her agricultural progress. This evaluation should mostly focus on the yields per unit area. So far, ...

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