Analysis of Agricultural Change Using Field Allocation to Crops Technique. A Case of Uporoto Highlands, Southern Tanzania

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dc.creatorSokoni, Cosmas H.
dc.date2016-06-13T06:07:29Z
dc.date2016-06-13T06:07:29Z
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T09:09:39Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T09:09:39Z
dc.descriptionEvery agricultural system is dynamic as it functions within changing demographic, socio-economic and physical environments. The understanding of agricultural change is important because of its strong relationship to socio-economic, environmental and political systems. This paper discusses the field allocation to crops technique for analysis of changes in crop composition in farming systems. The technique is suitable at local scale and in environments where farmers have multiplicity of fields in different locations in order to benefit from micro climates variations. The paper discusses the relevance of studying changes in crop composition for understanding agricultural change and the technique’s strengths and weaknesses. The technique is demonstrated using data from a farming systems survey in the Uporoto Highlands, Mbeya region, Tanzania. Through capturing gain and loss of fields by crops, the technique unveils changes in the relative importance of crops over time. The technique is relevant for understanding agricultural change with respect to crop composition, and for identification of patterns of changes for better informed decision making.
dc.identifierSokoni, C. H., 2013, Analysis of Agricultural Change Using Field Allocation to Crops Technique: A Case of Uporoto Highlands, Southern Tanzania, Journal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania, 34: 63 - 75
dc.identifier0016-738x
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2442
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2442
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJournal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania
dc.subjectagricultural change, crop composition, fields allocation to crops technique, Uporoto Highlands, Tanzania
dc.titleAnalysis of Agricultural Change Using Field Allocation to Crops Technique. A Case of Uporoto Highlands, Southern Tanzania
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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