Social Science campaign empowers communities through composting and aims to reduce deforestation. Sophia Moris of Isubangala village in Tanzania began farming at a young age in 1993. Over time, she experienced a loss of soil fertility which led to poor productivity. Struggling economically, she resorted to clearing nearby forests to establish new farmland. Lucy Elias Fidos, also from Isubangala, recalls her involvement in establishing an eight-acre farm in a forest without knowing it would affect rainfall patterns, chimpanzees, and other animals. “All I knew was that distant farming was a solution to soil infertility,” she says. Today, Sophia and Lucy…
Author: JGI Africa Programs Team
Just a short time ago, Vikonge community in Tanzania was facing complex challenges. The village was dealing with natural resource depletion and other environmental threats due to a lack of land-use plans,limited capacity, and an absence of modern technological tools to conduct regular forest patrols. Through the Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT) program—funded by USAID—the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) was able to work with community members to better understand how to establish sustainable natural resource management, and Vikonge was given a new chance to thrive. Athumani Kamsweke, a Vikonge Land Use Management (VLUM) Chairperson, is grateful for USAID and…
