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Sweet Potato to Fight Vitamin A Deficiency and Reduce Malnutrition

Sweet Potato to Fight Vitamin A Deficiency and Reduce Malnutrition

Location: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia Orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties are poorly disseminated in Africa, but several important research-based initiatives are producing the crop and encouraging consumption to reduce undernourishment, especially Vitamin A Deficiency.

Soil and Water Conservation on the Slopes of Kilimanjaro

Soil and Water Conservation on the Slopes of Kilimanjaro

Location: Moshi, Hai, and Rombo districts, Tanzania Himo Environmental Management Trust Fund has worked to improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers facing low productivity and soil erosion on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Farmers have been trained in soil and water conservation techniques and built small rural infrastructures.

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Conservation Agriculture in Tanzania

Conservation Agriculture in Tanzania

Location: Arusha Region, Northern Tanzania The Eotulelo Farmer Field School participants increased yields dramatically and improved resource management through erosion-control technologies, sustainability measures, improved cattle and goat sheds, fodder planting, and new income sources.

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Irresponsible Investment: Agrica's Broken Development Model in Tanzania

This report presents the findings of an investigation carried out in Tanzania between 2011 and 2015 of KPL’s investment venture, focusing on the impacts experienced by surrounding communities.

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Kutowajibika Katika Uwekezaji: Agrica Ni Mfano Wa Mradi Wa Maendeleo Ulioharibika Tanzania
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Land Deal Brief: Tanzanian Villagers Pay for Sun Biofuels Investment Disaster

The Tanzanian government has put agriculture at the forefront of its development agenda through its “kilimo kwanza” (agriculture first) initiative, which was established in 2009. For a country like Tanzania, which is gifted with a rich diversity of natural and human resources and has a population that is still largely rural, investment in agriculture can offer considerable development potential.

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Press Releases and Public Statements

Justice Denied: East African Court of Justice Grants Tanzanian Government Impunity to Trample Human Rights of the Maasai

In the News: The Maasai Land Struggle

Tanzanian Government's Sustained Campaign Against the Maasai in Loliondo and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Request for Action Regarding Government of Tanzania’ s Conditional Use of IMF Funds and Severe Human Rights Abuses Against Maasai Communities

Tanzanian Government Continues Violent Repression of the Maasai in Loliondo Despite Worldwide Condemnation

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Media

Tanzania Forces the Maasai From Their Land To Make Way for Trophy Hunters and Tourists

Le Monde diplomatique

En Tanzanie, les Masaïs expulsés pour le tourisme et la chasse

Le Monde diplomatique

After Violent Evictions, Indigenous Maasai Call Human Rights Investigation a Sham

Grist

Reporter’s Notebook: The Crisis Nobody Knows About on the Kenya-Tanzania Border

The Border Chronicle

Rights Group Says Tanzania Seizing Animals of Herders

VOA Learning English

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Documentation and Contracts

Tanzania Lawsuit - Legal Documents

Communications Between Thomson Safaris and the Oakland Institute

Mbasa Resettlement Housing Flooded

Smallholder Outgrower Program

Key Documents and Presentations

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