View/Open - Sokoine University of Agriculture

CHAPTER FOUR – LOCAL STUDY AREAAs one of two selected sites for TFCG and MJUMITAs pilot project, 14 villages inKilosa District have been selected to take part in the project. We have looked at threeof these villages, and as a way of putting them in context we will now present KilosaDistrict. This includes presenting its physical location, land characteristics alongother geographical conditions. In addition, current land uses will be put forwardincluding forestry and agriculture. In this regard, Kilosas‟ history of land useconflicts will also be emphasized as they still persist and affect many livelihoods.Kilosa is located approximately 300 km inland from the coast and Dar es Salaam, andis situated along one of the old East African caravan routs that stretches fromBagamoyo to the eastern part of today‟s Congo, where the towns served as „slavecalling stations‟ for the caravans to rest and refill their supplies (Benjaminsen,Maganga et al. 2009). Today, Kilosa is one of six districts within Morogoro regionand makes up about 20% of the area in the region with its 14245-km2 8 size.The three villages which make up our local study area are; Masugu, Nyali andLunenzi, which are all located in the western part of Kilosa, and fall under thejurisdiction of three different wards; Masanze, Zombo and Lumuma (see map). Inaddition, our control village, Zombo was the central village in Zombo ward, and thennaturally also in the same area. The PFM village Lumango on the other hand waslocated further away in Kidodi, a ward neighbouring Mikumi National Park in theSouth. The villages can be seen encircled in the map below.8 Many different numbers exists, so we chose to go with the official numbers from the district council.70