Farming for Biodiversity

Mbarali District Council

Mbeya, Tanzania

An Overview Of Our Solution

In a maximum of 875 characters, please give an overview of your entry including the problem, the solution and actions implemented. Mbarali District is found in Tanzania, East Africa . The District has total area of 16,000 km sq where by 9600 km sq of its land has been annexed to Ruaha National Park. This inclussion of land into National Park intended to restore ecological condition of the land which was degraded by human activities. The remaining open land of about 6400 km sq is distributed for other activities with fisheries inclussively. The condensed population to minimized land addresses the major problem facing Mbarali fishers. It is through this problem we are working hard to impart fishery community with appropriate fish farming technology to enable them raise fish from ponds.
Who is this solution impacting?
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General Information

Organization type

Government

Population impacted

ex. 6,800 people
Challenge

Size of agricultural area

ex. 1,400 ha

Production quantity

ex. 100 kilos

People employed

ex. 10 people
Solution

Describe your solution

How have you promoted changes in human activities (or changed your own agricultural practice) to ensure sustainable harvests/food security while also conserving, strengthening and/or restoring biodiversity on your agricultural lands and/or the surrounding environment? (1500 characters max.)
Implementation

Describe your implementation

In your response, please include the following: (2000 characters max) - Specific activities and/or specifically what your solution does to address the identified problems above in the Context Analysis section - How you ensured your solution was adopted and promoted change in human activities - Enabling conditions - Key success factors - Any obstacles and how you overcame them

External connections

List some of the key partners or stakeholders engaged in your solution development and implementation. Explain how your efforts connect with other sectors, such as fisheries and forestry, and other practices, such as policy and finance. (300 words max.)
Results

What is the environmental or ecological challenge you are targeting with your solution?

Please include facts/figures where possible. (750 characters max.)

Describe the context in which you are operating

Please include facts/figures where possible. (Where relevant, include information about social/community factors, water, food security, nutrition, and/or economic and sustainable development.) (1500 characters max.)
Being the Fisheries Officer at Mbarali District Organization I have been working hard to meet organizational vision which focus on creating condusive environment for poverty reduction and improvement of livelihood in collaboration with stakeholders while abiding on my job descriptions.
These duties are operated as per 2015 fishery policy, Fishery Act 22 of 2003, and Fisheries Regulation (2009).
About 49 illegal fishers have been pernalized before the court due to illegal fishing also burning of 69 seine nets worth Tshs 38 million was done. 128 fishers has been licenced and educated on better fishing techniques.
Operation on fish farming technology has been done such that four groups of fish farmers are established and registered. Farmers have been trained about better management practices (BMPs) on ponds. The provision of education included site selection, ponds design & construction, better water use, ponds fertilization, feeds & feeding, prevention and cure of fish deceases, fish harvesting, handling, storage and value addition in collaboration with Sokoine University of Agriculture. SUA
About 106 fish farmers were benefitted by these trainings and were supplied with quality fingerlings.

How did you impact natural resource use and greenhouse gas emissions?

How did you improve biodiversity and/or positively impact the local environment? Please be specific and include methodology where relevant (1000 characters max.)

Social/Community

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Water

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Food Security/Nutrition

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Economic/Sustainable Development

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Climate

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Sustainability

Describe the economic sustainability of your solution. Does it rely on grant funding, government subsidies or market-based revenue? (750 characters max.)

Return on investment

How much did it cost to implement these activities? How do your results above compare to this investment? (750 characters max.)
Replication and Scale

How could we successfully replicate this solution elsewhere?

Has it been done before and at what scale? Please include funding required, key stakeholders/partners, additional needs (training, materials, etc.) (1000 characters max.)
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