As a result of living close to national park, farmers experience challenge of losing their crops from elephants. When elephants move from one park to another, they pass through farms and eat crops, something that affect income and food security of the community.ECOWICE is working with the Village natural resource committee and farmers group to...
Sesame is now the highly dependable crop for farmers who face challenges from elephants. Since elephants don't eat sesame, farmers are now changing from growing elephant preferred crops to growing sesame. ECOWICE started by supporting 60 farmers by the year 2021 and now hundreds of farmers are turning into growing sesame, " I like growing...
37.7% (33,428,000ha)of Tanzania land is forested where the forest ownership and management lies on state. Local community normally find themselves being excluded from earning forest benefits which in most cases drive them to utilize the forest illegally.With limited manpower and equipments, the government cannot manage to protect all forested areas and hence there is a...
Human-wildlife coexistence project along Nyerere national parkWe are thrilled to start another project in Mbarang'andu Wildlife management Area along Nyerere National Park in Southern Tanzania.With the funding support from the Bio-Bridge Initiative, the project will address the critical issue of human-wildlife conflict and present innovative solutions that promote harmonious coexistence. The project is expected to...
In order to understand the challenges facing the community and wildlife, ECOWICE conduct a survey to both community and wildlife migratory area to a village adjacent to Mikumi national park.This activity is contributes to long term monitoring and conservation of wildlife migratory areas and corridors of Mikumi national park
Organic pesticide increase crop yield without damaging the environmentFor a time, farmers in Mkata village have been using chemical pesticides to control pests. As a result, many insects, soil organisms and birds have been killed which is a threat to Mikumi ecosystem.Organic pesticides from plants control pests without killing organisms and increase crop yield.ECOWICE conducted...
“We used to sell our products to tourists; some of us were employed in a tourist company, now days we just stay at home, wildlife doesn’t help us anymore. Things are becoming worse as we don’t have food; most of us have got low harvests as a result of floods and exhausted land”. Community members...
For sustainable conservation, it is important to have a proper linkage between food, agriculture and ecological systems. Community must produce food through agricultural systems while ensuring that ecological processes are conserved. ECOWICE conducted training to enhance the community of Magadu village to reduce farmland expansion toward the Uluguru mountains nature reserve. They were also trained...
