Essays about: "Water scarcity in tanzania"

Found 5 essays containing the words Water scarcity in tanzania.

1. 1. Water productivity and water requirements in food production : examples from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Burkina Faso

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Louise Malmquist; [2018]
   Keywords : evapotranspiration; nutrition; water management; water scarcity; yield gap; water use efficiency; Sub-Saharan Africa;

   Abstract : The majority of agricultural croplands globally is rainfed. This calls for agricultural practices which promote as productive use of precipitation water as possible, to maintain sufficient crop growth for food production. Global population is estimat-ed to increase to 9. READ MORE

3. 2. Water purification with a biosand filter in Tanzania : A minor field study - Karagwe District, Tanzania

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Johanna Gjerstad Lindgren; Zarah Olivecrona; [2016]
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   Abstract : In Karagwe district in northwest Tanzania, the non-governmental organisation Mavuno is working with water scarcity and drinking-water quality issues within the local community. Mavuno started a boarding school for girls in Chonyonyo village in the district in January 2016. READ MORE

4. 3. Sustainable bio-fuels production : an institutional analysis of bio-fuels industry in Tanzania : the case of Rufiji River basin

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Rajabu Hamisi Mohamed; [2009]
   Keywords : sustainable development; institution; bio-fuels; land; water resource; energy;

   Abstract : Bio-fuels production are important alternatives to fossil fuel, but bio-fuels are also associated with risks of displacing rural communities during the process of acquiring land, disturbing hydrological cycle- water scarcity, biodiversity loss, limit animal migration, displacement of native plant species, and ,hence, potential land use conflicts. Tanzania is well known as a blessed country endowed with numerous and diverse land and water resources in the form of rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers. READ MORE

5. 4. Kiru Valley Complexity : A case study over consequences of and causes to conflicts over irrigation water in Tanzania

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Samy Said; [2008]
   Keywords : International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD ; irrigation system; water scarcity; Babati District; wealth rankings; Africa;

   Abstract : Inequalities among different power groups are getting obvious in Kiru Valley, Tanzania mainly due to water scarcity. This paper aims to examine, by a case study, the increasing competition over irrigation water among Kiru Valley farmers in relation to socio-economic stratification. READ MORE

6. 5. Water Availability and Distribution in Africa : Effects of the IFAD irrigation scheme in Kiru Valley, Tanzania

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Anna Ericsson; [2007]
   Keywords : Water conflicts; common-pool resources; Kiru Valley; IFAD poverty reduction strategy programme;

   Abstract : The case study was made in the area of Kiru Valley, Tanzania, in order to study the conflicts over the water in the river Dodumera, and also to understand how the villages Mawemairo, Matufa and Mapea have been affected by the construction of the IFAD irrigation scheme. The aim was to connect the conflicts in the area with a general view of how water can create such conflicts. READ MORE