Research on Mutual Benefits Between Livestock, Farmers, and Forests

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• He said the project, which began in 2020, was implemented through collaboration between Tanzanian institutions, including Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and the Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy (MNMA), and the.
• He said the project had also trained three PhD students, produced more than 15 scientific publications, strengthened academic and research networks and developed educational videos that could be used to raise public.
• The findings emerged from a research project conducted in the Suledo Forest area of Kiteto District, Manyara Region, which examined how farmers, pastoralists and communities living around community forests can share.
• Project leader , Prof Jumanne Abdallah said the research focused on finding ways in which livestock, farmers, communities and forests could have mutually beneficial relationships rather than focusing solely on conflicts.
• The research involved three PhD students who examined policy, legal and institutional frameworks governing livestock and forests; relationships between pastoralists and communities when livestock enter community.