A5072756793- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
University of Dar es Salaam
2021-2024
Biochar may contribute to both agricultural productivity and atmospheric carbon dioxide removal. However, despite the many potential upsides of adding biochar amend carbon-depleted soils in sub-Saharan Africa, deployment is largely lacking. This paper explores socio-economic factors that can explain tendencies avoid action. Based on a survey 172 farming households, key informant interviews, focus group discussions Mbeya Songwe regions Tanzania, which were targeted for aid program 2014,...
Drawing on collective experience from ten collaborative research projects focused the Global South, we identify three major challenges that impede translation of sustainability and resilience into better-informed choices by individuals policy-makers in turn can support transformation to a sustainable future. The comprise: (i) converting knowledge produced during successful application; (ii) scaling up time when are short-term potential impacts long-term; (iii) across space, local sites...
The world’s agricultural production is declining due to severe loss of soil fertility through natural processes or because human activities. Biochar has been identified as a potential amendment regain its and increase crop productivity. This study aimed assess the effects biochar on nutrients yields in southern highlands Tanzania. Data were collected key informant household interviews, from sampling soils coffee farms where maize cobs origin was incorporated at rate 3 t ha-1. Purposive...