Urban livestock farming in Tanzania: causes, effects and future prospects authors

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dc.creatorMlay, P. S.
dc.creatorPereka, A. E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-07T08:05:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-05T07:22:22Z
dc.date.available2025-05-07T08:05:28Z
dc.date.created2025-05-07T08:05:28Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractUrban 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
dc.identifierhttps://tvj.sua.ac.tz/vet2/index.php/TVJ/article/view/414
dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6707
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.costech.or.tz/handle/20.500.14732/97274
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTanzania Veterinary Journal
dc.subjectPeri-urban farming
dc.subjectBackyard Farming
dc.titleUrban livestock farming in Tanzania: causes, effects and future prospects authors
dc.typeArticle

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