Applications and challenges of information and communication technology in the forest sector: a case study of Morogoro municipality, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Mchelu Hadija
dc.contributor.authorWilliam, Mauya Ernest
dc.contributor.authorJuma, Lolila Nandera
dc.contributor.authorDawood, Madundo Sami
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-24T05:40:18Z
dc.date.available2023-08-24T05:40:18Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractIn Tanzania there is rapid adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the forest sector and other allied sciences. Many of the uses of ICT in the forest sector are relatively new or still on the horizon and majority are not documented. Despite that, studies on the application and challenges of ICT in the forest sector of Tanzania are still limited to up to date. This study was conducted in Morogoro Municipality to document the current application and challenges of ICT in the forest sector. Data on awareness, type of professional experts with ICTs based, ICTs application domain in forest, infrastructures, software used and outputs were collected from different forest institutions located in Morogoro Municipality using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics of the parameters were done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and R statistical package. The results have shown that, there is a promising trend towards applications of ICT in the forest sector, where about 75% of the respondents were aware of the ICT applications, while 25% were not. There were eight types of professionals in the forest sector with background in ICT’s based technology with higher application on data storage and analysis, documentation and forest inventory. The main challenges observed were related to the availability of infrastructures, internet connectivity and qualified personnel.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMchelu Hadija Ahmad, Mauya Ernest William, Lolila Nandera Juma, Madundo Sami Dawood. Applications and Challenges of Information and Communication Technology in the Forest Sector: A Case Study of Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2022, pp. 22-28. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20220701.14en_US
dc.identifier.issn2575-3088
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5663
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectInformationen_US
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectTechnologiesen_US
dc.subjectForestryen_US
dc.titleApplications and challenges of information and communication technology in the forest sector: a case study of Morogoro municipality, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/362573886en_US

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