Social and Environmental Impact of Irrigation Farming in Tanzania: Selected Cases
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Date
2005
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Publisher
Dar es Salaam University Press (DUP)
Abstract
Besides the Introduction: the multiple land use of irrigation by Jannik Boesen this book contains seven separate case studies of types of irrigation in Tanzania. The essays are: Government policies on irrigation in Tanzania: implementation successes and challenges by Mnzava, M.N. and Kweka, R.A.; The implications of recent institutional and policy changes for irrigation development in Tanzania by Hussein Sosovele and Faustin P. Maganga; Crop-livestock integration in irrigated farming systems and conflict reduction: the case of Usangu Basin, Mbarali District, Tanzania by Agnes G. Mwakaje and Cosmas H. Sokoni; Gender and water use management along Tabora River, Serengeti District, Tanzania by Donald Anthony; Enhancing agricultural crop production through sustainable irrigation farming: 'vinyungu' farming system in Southern Highlands, Tanzania by Majule A.E. and Mwalyosi, R.B.B.; Wetlands management in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania by Kangalawe, R.Y.M. and Liwenga, E.T.; and The root causes analysis of water problems in the Great Ruaha River and its implications on irrigation farming by Hussein Sosovele. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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Keywords
Irrigation, Water management, Farming systems, Agriculture
Citation
Sosovele, H., Boesen, J. and Maganga, F., 2005. Social and environmental impact of irrigation farming in Tanzania: selected cases.