Browsing by Author "Sangeda, Anthony Z"

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Effects of climate stress to pastoral communities in tanzania: a case of Mvomero District
(Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2018) Magita, Suzan Y; Sangeda, Anthony Z
The study was conducted in Mvomero District in Tanzania to assess the effects of climate stress on grazing land and pastoral livelihoods in particularly on milk production. A total of 90 households (Bomas) were randomly selected. Primary data were collected through individual interviews using structured questionnaires, focus group discussions and key informants using a designed checklist. Climate and other secondary data were collected from Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), United States Geographical satellite (USGS), published and unpublished reports. Analysis of climate data over 28 years revealed a linear increment of temperature for 0.02% and decline of precipitation for 3%. These findings were comparable to how pastoralists perceived trends of climate in Mvomero district. Most of the pastoralists (about 90%) agreed that there has been an increase of temperature and unpredictable rainfall. Analysis through satellite images showed that pasture resources decreased from 82% in 1985 to 5% in 2015. This decline was directly associated with climate stress leading to milk reduction which directly affected pastoralists livelihoods. If innovative and adaptive measures are not taken, climate variations will continue to stress pastoral communities to the highest and they are likely to suffer the consequences more than other land users in the country.
Panorama of agro-pastoralism in western Serengeti: a review and synthesis
(2017) Kavana, Pius Yoram; Mahonge, Christopher P; Sangeda, Anthony Z; Mtengeti, Ephraim J; Fyumagwa, Robert; Nindi, Stephen; Graae, Bente J; Nielsen, Martin R; John, Bukombe; Keyyu, Julius; Speed, James; Smith, Stuart; Shombe, Shombe; Ntalwila, Janemary; Ilomo, Ophery
Agro-pastoral production system in western Serengeti is subsistence oriented livelihoods directed towards attaining self-sufficiency in food and livestock production and supporting growing human population. Production strategies involves the extensive use of land cultivating for food and cash crops production, and fallowing land. Households form the basic units of production, which utilize land, family labour, livestock keeping and any capital at their disposal to meet their production goals. Livestock, especially cattle have great symbolic value regarded as a bank on hoves, and a basis for various traditional transactions that makes households strive to increase livestock capital. Analysis of crops production and livestock population trends reveal that agro-pastoral system expand due to increase in prices of livestock products. Paucity of land to absorb the growing human and livestock population caused the political and administrative machinery to develop and implement village land use plans to ensure proper land utilization. However, introduction of land use plans alone is not a panacea to land use problems in villages. It was envisaged that land use plan should be accompanied by introduction of sustainable crops and livestock production systems by improving productivity of land in terms of pasture and crops to support the current human and livestock population in the Western Serengeti. The future direction of agro-pastoralism in Western Serengeti under these circumstances is not well understood. This entails a need for a multidisciplinary study of impact of agro-pastoralism on livelihood of people in Western Serengeti.