Hong, Z.; Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Sustainability, 2018)
Using the Mann–Kendall Test to analyze data from a survey of 400 farmers, this study
compared the rate of adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in two contrasting villages of
Mnyakongo and Ugogoni locating in the ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)
Numerous documentations have paid a few attentions to the mapping of soil organic carbon (SOC) in Tanzania. To any country, the estimation of SOC is very important as provide social, ecological and economic values just to ...
Although various climate models, statistical crop models and economic simulations have
been established to determine the level of farmers’ vulnerability, there has been little systematic
assessment of farmers’ perception ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.; Festin, E. S.(American Meteorological Society, 2018)
This paper examines and compares smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change with the collected
meteorological data (1980–2015) across the seven agroecological zones (AEZs) of Tanzania. Systematic and
simple random ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)
Tanzanian agriculture employs about 80% of the national labour force and most of these are rural dwellers. The country has about 44 million hectares of arable land but less than 24% of the area has been harnessed. Similarly, ...
Hong, Z.; Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Sustainability, 2018)
Using the Mann–Kendall Test to analyze data from a survey of 400 farmers, this study
compared the rate of adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in two contrasting villages of
Mnyakongo and Ugogoni locating in the ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)
Numerous documentations have paid a few attentions to the mapping of soil organic carbon (SOC) in Tanzania. To any country, the estimation of SOC is very important as provide social, ecological and economic values just to ...
Although various climate models, statistical crop models and economic simulations have
been established to determine the level of farmers’ vulnerability, there has been little systematic
assessment of farmers’ perception ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.; Festin, E. S.(American Meteorological Society, 2018)
This paper examines and compares smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change with the collected
meteorological data (1980–2015) across the seven agroecological zones (AEZs) of Tanzania. Systematic and
simple random ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)
Tanzanian agriculture employs about 80% of the national labour force and most of these are rural dwellers. The country has about 44 million hectares of arable land but less than 24% of the area has been harnessed. Similarly, ...
It is worthwhile to address the peasant-herder conflict because of their rampant increase in most developing countries. Rigorous and integrative studies on this aspect can significantly contribute to the growing literature ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Environment and Ecology Research, 2017)
This paper examines the existing resources curse in Tanzania with detailed analyses on the controversy. A country with high resources endowments: i.e. about 44 million hectares of arable land, precious minerals, forests ...
Despite the established literature on the vulnerability to climate change in various parts
of Tanzania, it is worthwhile to assess the extent of this vulnerability of the peoples’ livelihoods
and predict its future ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017)
The optimization of crop yields and environmental services need a proper selection and adoption of
sustainable farming systems. Agroforestry is a farming system which involves the integration of
trees and crops in the ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Natural Resources and Conservation, 2016)
Kilimo Kwanza which means “Agriculture First” in English, is an initiative launched by the Tanzanian government in 2006 to spearhead the transformation of subsistence to commercial agriculture for curbing poverty. The ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis, 2018)
The consequences of climate change have been considerably high to smallholders
in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. These impacts have been more enormous to crop
production and other attached livelihoods. However, the comprehensive ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2017)
Conservation agriculture is promoted to increase crop production and
environmental sustainability. It is proposed to be a solution for the problem of poor
agricultural yields and soil degradation in most Sub-Saharan ...
While Tanzania has been facing food shortage for some decades, little efforts have been
made to elicit optimal crop yields. To limit this problem, there is a need for a robust agricultural policy
that aims at stabilizing ...
Kilimo Kwanza which means “Agriculture First” in English, is an initiative launched by the Tanzanian government in 2006 to spearhead the transformation of subsistence to commercial agriculture for curbing poverty. The ...
Sustainable conservation of any ecosystem needs a balance between resource utilization and management. The
Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) of East Africa which covers a large area more particularly in Tanzania needs such kind ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017-02-16)
The study has shown that the environmental challenges encountered in Iringa and most other
urban areas in Africa are due to the anthropogenic activities arising from the influxes of migrants
from rural areas. The urban ...
Background: Understanding the production trend of the major food crops is an important step for any nation that
evaluates her agricultural progress. This evaluation should mostly focus on the yields per unit area. So far, ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Springer International Publishing AG, 2017)
Long-term application of chemical fertilizers has both positive and negative
impacts on soil and the environment. Chemical fertilizers fertilize the soil and
increase crop yields but they modify microbial functions ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2018)
Soil quality and agricultural sustainability are required to feed about nine
billion people by the year 2050. To feed such a population, the planet ought to
increase food production by 60%. To attain agricultural ...
Mkonda, M. Y.; He, X.(Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-15)
Introduction: To estimate differential accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its
ecological significance is very important to smallholder farmers in the Tanzania’s semiarid
areas. This study investigated the ...