International NGO journal, 2013; 8 (1): 1-12
This paper discusses assessment results of the respondents who kept livestock in urban and periurban
areas in the three municipalities of Kinondoni, Ilala, and Temeke in Dar es Salaam city region, if
they had knowledge that their activities had an effect on climate change. Data show that over two thirds
of the respondents did not think that the presence of solid waste, liquid waste, and pollution resulting
from keeping livestock would have an effect on climate risks in the future. However, the respondents
thought that presence of chemical pollution and land degradation due to keeping livestock in urban and
peri-urban agriculture (UPA) would have an effect on climate change. Furthermore, the article stipulates
actions that urban livestock keepers would take in the future for mitigating climate risks. In addition, the
respondents in UPA thought that people keeping livestock would in the future incur additional costs
because of climate risks. The respondents indicated that most livestock types kept in UPA would be
vulnerable and sensitive to climate risks and proposed adaptation options to take in the future. It is
paramount that time has come for the three Dar es Salaam municipalities of Kinondoni, Ilala and
Temeke through their relevant departments (agriculture and livestock, health, planning, community
development), among other things, to educate livestock owners on climate risks due to livestock
keeping and how to lessen them in the future. Other municipalities in Tanzania and elsewhere could use
these results.
START, WMO, IPCC,
UNEP through a European Commission/UNEP-funded
Project