Proscovia Kamugisha

Mzumbe University · economics

Tanzanian Fruits and Vegetables (F&V) industry employs more than 4.5 million people whose 70% are women and grew at 11% annually in the last decade. Despite the vital role played by F&V industry, the sub-sector experiences huge Post-Harvest Losses (PHL) accounting for up to 60% of the total produce. These losses threaten sustainability of the produ...

Maize is a staple food in Tanzania, which contributes 33% of calories to residents; its production improves farmers’ income, mainly in rural settings. Maize farming employs 4.5 million smallholder farmers whose output contributes over 90% of total maize production in the country. Despite this vital role of maize in Tanzania, the national’s maize pr...

Anthropogenic activities intensify greenhouse gases (GHG) emission. The emissions lead to air pollution, public health risks, and climate change vagaries. Global deaths due to air pollution amounted to 15 deaths/minute in 2016. Moreover, floods, storms, and droughts accounted for 59%, 26%, and 15% respectively of crop losses between 2003 and 2013....

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 90% of people worldwide breathed polluted air in 2014 that exceeded the WHO limit of 10 μgm⁻³. Ambient air pollution was responsible for 4.2 million premature deaths in 2016 globally. Lancet noted that 92% of deaths associated with pollution is in developing countries among marginalized groups,...

Resilient economic urbanisation growth in Tanzania signifies national increasing trend of solid waste generation that necessitates proper management. About 50% of Tanzanians suffer from intestinal schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths resulting from haphazard solid waste disposal. Various efforts to address solid waste management in Tanzan...

In 2010 World Health Organization estimated that three people per minute die prematurely in Sub-Saharan Africa from diseases attributable to Indoor Air Pollution (IAP). About 95% of Tanzanians still use biomass cooking fuels (BCF) which is the main source of IAP. Promotion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was done since mid-2000s to substitute BCF....

In Tanzania only 40% of solid wastes in urbanized areas are collected and transported to the dumping sites. The remaining 60% are illegally disposed along road sides, sewage canals and reserved open spaces that contribute to floods and breeding of rodent vectors that eventually spread diseases such as intestinal schistosomiasis and soil transmitted...

Tanzania has huge livestock resource base of cattle herds amounting to 28,435,825; diverse feeds to satisfy 4.9m TLU annually and several modern slaughter houses. Despite its importance, the sector is used sub-optimally with over 95% of cattle produced traditionally to meet subsistence needs. Several efforts geared to commercialize the sector were...

Improvement of quality attributes of beef is important since it lessens the risks to public health which is associated with consumption of contaminated beef. However, improvement of quality beef involves extra costs that lead the beef to be unaffordable to a wide range of consumers. This indicates that sustainable production and supply of quality b...

Niche markets that require quality products and pay premium prices are increasingly dominating the market share of East African livestock products. To serve the niche markets sustainably; a well-coordinated, communicated and integrated chain is a pre requisite. This ensures understanding of competitive challenges, identifying relationship among cha...