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1.12 Land Scarcity:
Crop production and agricultural expansion in the region is likely
to face physical limitations (Arable land is only 48.7% of the total
land areas). In the highland areas for instance, a family owns an
average of 0.5 of a hectare while in lowland area a family owns
1.5 hectares. The scramble for land and scarcity of land in
Kilimanjaro region is thus being experienced day after day. In
addition, environmental degradation is increasingly taking place
due to poor farm management system such as non-use of soil
erosion control methods. In this regard, the region needs to
intensify land management practices in order to improve land
productivity per unit area Generally the experience of land
limitation is the factor which mostly contributes to the movement
of people out of the region.
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