Scores of Nomadic Families in Tanzania Impacted by Climate Change

Hundreds of families of nomadic pastoralists living in the lowland areas of Arumeru District are among scores of herdsmen heavily impacted by climate change, a phenomenon associated with drought conditions.

This was revealed by Giorgio Colombo, the Director of Oikos East Africa, an Italian non-governmental organization carrying out a number of community support projects in Arusha Region. Equally thousands of other families of cattle keepers in Arumeru, Longido and other drought prone districts in the northern regions continue to lose large herds of cattle due to insufficient rains in the last few years.

The official added that they had reached out 4,000 families in various villages in Uwiro ward where the latter were being assisted in embracing irrigation agriculture using stream water from Mt Meru. The villagers have been assisted in cultivating drought resistant crops such as pigeon peas and sorghum, among others with Ngarenanyuki Primary School hosting demonstration farms.

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Pius Mahimbi

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