Impact of Eucalyptus and Pine Growing on Rural Livelihood: The Lesson from Bukoba Area, North Western Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMwanukuzi, Phillip K.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-19T13:01:34Z
dc.date.available2016-07-19T13:01:34Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01056.x/fullen_US
dc.description.abstractSustainable resource management intends to allocate resources in such a way that unnecessary deterioration of biophysical and socio-economical systems is avoided. In Bukoba Area where rainfalls are plenty, evergreen grasslands were expansive and forests were limited, eucalypts (eucalyptus spp.) and pines (pinus spp.) were grown on grasslands for preventing land degradation through deforestation and for providing additional source of income for rural poor. This study shows that in addition to detrimental consequence of eucalyptus and pine forests on soil resources, conversion of Bukoban grasslands to forests has negatively impacted livelihood of the rural poor. Growing eucalypts and pines on grasslands prevented a farming system that enabled integration of grasslands, cattle keeping and crop production. Consequently, the grasslands role of nutrients cycling was disrupted, food crop production reduced, home-gardens productivity declined, majority deprived important livelihood asset and foreign income flow into the area reduced.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMwanukuzi, P.K., 2009. Impact of eucalyptus and pine growing on rural livelihood: the lesson from Bukoba area, north western Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 47(s1), pp.105-109.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01056.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3266
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectEucalyptusen_US
dc.subjectGrasslandsen_US
dc.subjectLivelihooden_US
dc.subjectNutrient recyclingen_US
dc.subjectPineen_US
dc.titleImpact of Eucalyptus and Pine Growing on Rural Livelihood: The Lesson from Bukoba Area, North Western Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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