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Agriculture

Agriculture among the Wangoni (1962)

This study carried out in the Songea district which was situated in southern Tanganyika gives you an insight into the agricultural practices in relation to malnutrition:

  • Table: Crop calendar of "HUNGRY MONTHS"

PDF: Malnutrition in Tanganyika_1962

Agricultural forms among the tribes of Tanganyika

Provinces:

  • Eastern province
  • Iringa province
  • Lake province
  • Tanga province
  • Western province
  • Central province

PDF: Tribes from Tanganyika 1935

Agricultural survey in Bukoba disrtict 1954

This report provides information on:

The agricultural pattern of the Gogo's

This article provides you with information on

Agriculture among the Sukuma and Gogo

This report gives an insight into the cultivation systems of the Western and Central Provinces of former Tanganyika.

Reference: McLaren, D. (1960). "Nutrition and eye disease in East Africa: Experience in Lake and Central Provinces, Tanganyika." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Nutrition survey in the Kilimanjaro area 1968

This survey on nutrition and diet carried out from the 5th until the 17th of August 1968 provides information on:

  • Water supply
  • Food crops and their preservation
  • Agriculture

PDF: Nutrition survey_Kilimanjaro area_1968

The nutrition situation in the Pangani Basin 1966-1967

This article provides you with information and data on:

  • Area description (Geography, population, agriculture, administrative structure, communications)
  • Socio-economic findings (family size, age and sex distribution, tribal distribution, education, occupation, vegetable cultivation and cash crop production, fertility rate, marital status of the head of the household)

PDF: The nutrition situation in the Pangani Basin. Investigations into health and nutrition in East Africa

 

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