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Natural resource management and crop production strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania.

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dc.creator Graef, F.
dc.creator Schneider, I.
dc.creator Fasse, A.
dc.creator Germer, J.U.
dc.creator Gevorgyan, E.
dc.creator Haule, F.
dc.creator Hoffmann, H.
dc.creator Kahimba, F.C.
dc.creator Kashaga, L.
dc.creator Kissoly, L.
dc.creator Lambert, C.
dc.creator Lana, M.
dc.creator Mahoo, H.F.
dc.creator Makoko, B.
dc.creator Mbaga, S.H.
dc.creator Mmbughu, A.
dc.creator Mkangwa, S.
dc.creator Mrosso, L.
dc.creator Mutabazi, K.D.
dc.creator Mwinuka, L.
dc.creator Ngazi, H.
dc.creator Nkonya, E.
dc.creator Reif, C.
dc.creator Said, S.
dc.creator Schaffert, A.
dc.creator Schäfer, M.P.
dc.creator Schindler, J.
dc.creator Sieber, S.
dc.creator Swamila, M.
dc.creator Welp, H.M.
dc.creator William, L.
dc.creator Yustas, Y.M.
dc.date 2020-03-23T09:52:37Z
dc.date 2020-03-23T09:52:37Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-27T10:55:31Z
dc.date.available 2021-03-27T10:55:31Z
dc.identifier Graef, F., Schneider, I., Fasse, A., Germer, J. U., Gevorgyan, E., Haule, F., ... & Yustas, Y. M. (2015). Natural resource management and crop production strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania. Outlook on Agriculture, 44(2), 159-167.
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.5367/oa.2015.0206
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2297
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2297
dc.description Abstract. Full Text Article available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.5367/oa.2015.0206
dc.description Sustainable rural food systems for poor and vulnerable people need to be locally adapted to enhance food security. This requires participatory action research that considers the entire food value chain (FVC). This paper presents an assessment of the feasibility and potential success of upgrading strategies (UPS) for enhancing food security based on a study that was part of a larger participatory research project in two regions of Tanzania. The authors present the results relating to natural resource management and crop production. The results for natural resources show that enhanced soil water management was rated as high for the semi-arid Dodoma region. For the Morogoro region, the experts favoured soil fertility-improving UPS, such as conservation agriculture and agroforestry. Assessments of food production for both regions indicated the importance of intercropping, manure input, pest and disease control and cover crops. Assessments differed greatly between the two different climatic regions, and to a lesser extent between the nationality of the experts and their gender. This highlights the importance of including different South–North and female–male awareness in assessments. Implementation feasibility assessments of UPS indicated that the most suitable approaches were rainwater harvesting for semi-arid and conservation agriculture for subhumid regions respectively. Local and/or regional stakeholders and experts should be involved in developing and assessing site-adapted UPS for enhancing Tanzanian FVCs.
dc.language en
dc.publisher SAGE
dc.subject Ex ante impact assessment
dc.subject Food security
dc.subject Food value chain
dc.subject Upgrading strategies
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Food systems
dc.subject Natural resources
dc.subject Crop production
dc.subject Natural resource management
dc.subject Food production
dc.subject Intercropping
dc.subject Soil fertility
dc.title Natural resource management and crop production strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania.
dc.type Article


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