Soil conservation in Kondoa, Tanzania: the case of the rangi people in the HADO area

Mugasha, A. G.; Nshubemuki, L.

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“…Target group participation in formulating development policies is now widely regarded as crucial for lasting project success [Chambers, 1981;Chambers et al, 1989;Leach and Mearns, 1988;Mugasha and Nshubemuki, 1988]. An agroforestry and conservation needs assessment survey conducted in southern Zambia which aimed to effect local project participation has revealed valuable insight into needs, constraints and development options as perceived by smallholders themselves.…”

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Agroforestry and soil conservation needs of smallholders in Southern Zambia

Sturmheit¹

1990

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An agroforestry and soil conservation needs assessment survey conducted in southern Zambia revealed valuable insight into needs, constraints and development options as perceived by smallholders themselves. Inadequate efforts to conserve soil are due to technical and socio-economic factors, they do not result from a lack of awareness of the widespread erosion threat. Fruit tree planting, windbreak establishment as well as the protection of the natural Faidherbia albida regeneration in cropland are popular agroforestry interventions whose positive effects are widely acknowledged. Forty-two perennial species were found to directly contribute to people's diet. Although local fuelwood and fodder shortages as well as the need for fencing are recognized only few respondents envisage agroforestry solutions such as fuelwood and fodder tree planting or live fencing. Most smallholders are interested in tree planting but have so far only planted few trees. Those planted are usually exotic fruit trees. Drought hardy, termite and browse resistant perennials adapted to smallholder tree planting must be provided by the extension services. The widespread exclusion of women from decision making and the lack of tenure security hampers female participation in agroforestry development and consequently threatens sustainable development altogether.

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Agroforestry and soil conservation needs of smallholders in Southern Zambia

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1990

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“…Moreover, the area was infested with tsetse flies and in 1927, the British colonial government started undertaking large-scale forest clearing programs to combat tsetse. These campaigns would continue through the 1930s and 40s, ending in 1949 (Mugasha & Nshubemuki, 1988). Yet, extensive land degradation in the 1940s also meant that many families were increasingly becoming dependent on famine relief, which prompted the colonial government to carry out further forest clearings to provide land for families from the severely degraded areas.…”

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“…This prompted the Tanzanian government to take action and in 1973, the HADO project (Hifadhi Ardhi Dodoma or Conserve the Land of Dodoma) was introduced. HADO covered the three districts of the region, with a main focus on Kondoa, specifically the Kondoa Eroded Area (KEA) which covered 1256 km 2 , or about 10% of the total area of the district (Kangalawe, 2012;Mugasha & Nshubemuki, 1988). Villages in the southern part of the REDD+ target area were either within or very close to the KEA.…”

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All that glitters is not gold; Power and participation in processes and structures of implementing REDD+ in Kondoa, Tanzania

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Vedeld

2019

Forest Policy and Economics

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Geoarchaeology and Heritage Management: Identifying and Quantifying Multi-Scalar Erosional Processes at Kisese II Rockshelter, Tanzania

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Natural and anthropogenically induced soil erosion can cause serious loss of the archaeological record. Our work shows the value of multi-scalar geoarchaeological study when excavating and re-excavating rockshelters in a highly dynamic sedimentary environment where erosion is prominent. Here we present our work on Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania, originally excavated in the 1950s and largely unpublished, that preserves an important Pleistocene-Holocene archaeological record integral to understanding the deep history of the Kondoa Rock-Art World Heritage Center. Unlike rockshelters in quiescent tectonic settings, like much of central Europe or South Africa, Kisese II exists in highly dynamic sedimentary environments associated with the active tectonics of the Great Rift Valley system exacerbated by human-induced environmental and climate change. We report on our 2017 and 2019 exploratory research that includes integrated regional-, landscape-, and site-scale geoarchaeological analyses of past and present sedimentary regimes and micromorphological analyses of the archaeological sediments. Historical records and aerial photographs document extensive changes in vegetation cover and erosional regimes since the 1920s, with drastic changes quantified between 1960 and 2019. Field survey points to an increased erosion rate between 2017 and 2019. To serve future archaeologists, heritage specialists, and local populations we combine our data in a geoarchaeological catena that includes soil, vegetation, fauna, and anthropogenic features on the landscape. At the site, micromorphological coupled with chronological analyses demonstrate the preservation of in situ Pleistocene deposits. Comparison of photographs from the 1956 and 2019 excavations show a maximum sediment loss of 68 cm in 63 years or >10% of >6-m-thick sedimentary deposit. In the studied area of the rockshelter we estimate ~1 cm/yr of erosion, suggesting the ongoing removal of much of the higher archaeological sediments which, based on the coarse stratigraphic controls and chronology of the original Inskeep excavations, would suggest the loss of much of the archaeological record of the last ~4000 years. These multi-scalar data are essential for the construction of appropriate mitigation strategies and further study of the remaining stratigraphy.

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Soil conservation in Kondoa, Tanzania: the case of the rangi people in the HADO area

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Agroforestry and soil conservation needs of smallholders in Southern Zambia

Agroforestry and soil conservation needs of smallholders in Southern Zambia

All that glitters is not gold; Power and participation in processes and structures of implementing REDD+ in Kondoa, Tanzania

Geoarchaeology and Heritage Management: Identifying and Quantifying Multi-Scalar Erosional Processes at Kisese II Rockshelter, Tanzania

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