Author Archives: Marion

And we also just completed the workshops with the government of Tanzania, at District Level. Discussing how trees can (and perhaps cannot) be integrated into the farmed landscape in the Northern Kilombero Valley. This is the first time that we … Continue reading →

We wanted to know how farmers think about their farms and the management of these farms. Do trees feature in their needs and priorities? If not: why not? If so, which tree species would they want? Where would they want … Continue reading →

The last months have been super busy for the Agrisys Tanzania team. The good news: we have finally completed the data collection in our ecological plots (totalling 142 now). That also means we have to be super fast processing all … Continue reading →

We are preparing for our workshops working with small-holder farmers in the Agrisys Tanzania landscape to identify pathways for tree restoration interventions on the farm, around the farms and elsewhere in the landscape. Target time: June 2021. Co-led by Eleanor … Continue reading →

What happened? We all took a rain break, and that rain break turned into a COVID-19 break and the ‘wishful thinking of return to fieldwork in 3 months’ turned into a prolonged waiting time for things to ‘get better’. But … Continue reading →

Because of rains and COVID-19 we are taking a break. We don’t now yet when fieldwork is likely to commence. But below some lovely pictures detailing the journey we have had so far. We have analysed the data collected – … Continue reading →

Project initiation phase completed Project status, 06/11/2019: Sensors bought and tested. Check. Fieldwork essentials bought and carried over to fieldsite. Check. Permits acquired. Check. Local buy in secured. Check. Field team assembled. Check. First plot measured. heck, yes. So this … Continue reading →

Dear all, thank you for your interest in the Agrisys Tanzania project, which is collaborating with the Forest restoration and Climate Experiment (http://force-experiment.com/) and Reforest Africa’s  project ‘Forest Landscape Restoration Planning in Tanzania‘. Our main aim is to analyse how, … Continue reading →