Sebastian Faustin MhangaExpand (T) Limited · Management Team
Sebastian Faustin Mhanga
MSc. Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Agriculture
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Introduction
Currently I have interest research related to Agriculture Economics, Post-harvest management, Agribusiness, Aquaculture and Natural Resources Management. Currently we are working on economic feasibility of establishment of grains dryer in high maize producing ago-ecological zones in Tanzania which have limited sunlight intensity during the harvesting period.
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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....
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...
