The impact of climate change and variability on agro-pastoralists’ economy in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMwakaje, Agnes G.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-02T12:31:35Z
dc.date.available2016-05-02T12:31:35Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractTanzania has a total of 17.4 m cattle and 98% of this, is in the hands of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists involving about 2.2 m people. The ongoing climate change (CC) is likely to have affecting pastoralists more negatively because they are already living in marginal lands. Apart from this hypothetical thinking there has been inadequate empirical evidence to substantiate this. Also the impact of the adaptation and mitigation strategies undertaken by the pastoralists to address CC has not been analyzed critically. The main objective of this study was to come up with an understanding of the impact of CC on pastoralists’ economy in Tanzania. A total of 200 households were selected randomly from Ngorongoro District. There were also focus group and key informant discussions. The results from this study will inform policy makers, donors and the pastoralists. The study revealed a high level of livestock death due to mainly drought. Moving to urban areas for livelihood alterna- tives has disrupted families and is preventing children from attending school because they are looking after the cattle. Moving livestock to other parts of the country has caused conflicts over resource use, especially with farmers, to the point of threatening peace in some places.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMawakaje, A.G., 2013. The Impact of Climate Change and Variability on Agro-pastoralist’s economy in Tanzania. Environmental Economics, 1, pp.30-38.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1774
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectPastoralists’ Economyen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleThe impact of climate change and variability on agro-pastoralists’ economy in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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