Urban livestock farming in Tanzania: causes, effects and future prospects authors
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2004
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Tanzania Veterinary Journal
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Urban livestock farming in Tanzania has seen a tremendous rise since the late seventies. Several factors acting singly or concurrently led to the trend we are observing today. The major driving forces are social economic, cultural and to some degree political in nature. It is commonly agreed that there are some positive and negative effects of urban livestock farming. This paper intends to give a fair discussion and analysis of the issues behind the -rapid growth of urban livestock farming (ULF) with emphasis on dairy as the most practised type of ULF. As matters stand now, urban livestock farming will continue to play a major role in the provision of the greatly needed animal products by the ever-increasing urban population. It will be selfcheating to think that we can abolish ULF by the present laws and bylaws that are hard if not impossible to implement. Therefore, there is a need of a change in attitude by the responsible authorities to recognise ULF as a fact of life and find ways of minimising the negative effects through positive engagement with all stake-holders
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Peri-urban farming, Backyard Farming