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  1. 1. Water reuse in peri-urban areas : A case study of Kibondemaji, Dar es Salaam,Tanzania

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Niklas Johansson; Saga Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Water reuse; peri-urban; areas; wastewater;

    Abstract : An increasing number of countries worldwide is becoming water-stressed, sub-Saharan Africa being one of the most recurrent regions within this discourse. Tanzania, one of the countries in the region, is no exception: large population growth has increased pressure on its precious water resources. READ MORE

  3. 2. Water reuse in peri-urban areas : A case study of Kibondemaji, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Niklas Johansson; Saga Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : An increasing number of countries worldwide is becoming water-stressed, sub-Saharan Africa being one of the most recurrent regions within this discourse. Tanzania, one of the countries in the region, is no exception: large population growth has increased pressure on its precious water resources. READ MORE

  4. 3. Crop production upgrading strategies and their role for household food security in Chamwino District, Tanzania

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

    Author : Charles Ndimbwa; [2018]
    Keywords : food security; upgrading strategies; smallholder farmers; food value chain; agriculture-nutrition pathway;

    Abstract : Food insecurity is still a challenge affecting many people in the world, whereby the majority live in developing countries in Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, many who are food insecure are poor smallholder farmers in rural areas who depend on rain-fed agriculture for food and income. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluating the benefit-cost  ratio of groundwater abstraction for additional irrigation water on global scale.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Mohammad Faiz Alam; [2016]
    Keywords : Groundwater; Irrigation; Abstraction; Cost-benefit analysis; Global;

    Abstract : Projections show that to feed a growing population which is expected to reach 9.1 billion in 2050 would require raising overall food production by some 70 percent by 2050. One of the possible ways to increase agricultural production is through increasing yields by expanding irrigation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Solar Water Pumping for Irrigation : Case Study of the Kilimanjaro Region

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Niclas Bengtsson; Johan Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Solar; Pumping; Water; Photovoltaic; Tanzania; Africa; Minor Field Study; MFS;

    Abstract : This study has been conducted as a Minor Field Study (MFS). It focuses on solar water pumping for small-scale farmers in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. The purpose is to investigate the possibilities for rural farmers to operate their irrigation with solar power instead of their current option: fossil fuels, primarily petrol. READ MORE