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Participatory mapping of livestock

stock routes in Tanzania

Mohammed Said1, Maria Mashingo2, Shem Kifugo1, Fredrick Otieno1, George Msalya 4, Fiona

Flintan1,3 and Polly Ericksen1

1International Livestock Research Institute, 2Tanzania Livestock Research Institute,

3International Land Coalition and 4Sokoine University of Agriculture

Workshop organized by Tanzania Livestock Research Institute and International Livestock Research Institute and International Land Coalition, 9th -10th July, 2014, Arusha, Tanzania

Potential use of stock route maps

This exercise can promote land development, efficient and targeted range management, further promote investment on rangelands

and improve livestock resources (production and breeds) and services.

Photos: ILRI

The government has enacted the Grazing Land and Animal Feed Resources Act no 13 of 2010, which regulates to safeguard development of grazing lands, rangeland inclusive. The act supports the existence

of stock routes.

Mapping of Livestock Stock Routes

Rangeland Bulletin 2014

Teams or Zones • Group 1 – Eastern and southern

zone – Tanga, Morogoro, Pwani, Lindi, and Mtwara

• Group 2 – Central zone – Dodoma Singida

• Group 3 – Northern zone – Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyarra

• Group 4 – Lake zone – Mwanza, Mara, Shinyanga, Kagera, Simuyu, Geita

• Group 5 – Southern highland – Mbeya, Rukwa, Iringa, Njombe, Ruvuma

• Group 6 - Western zone – Katavi, Tabora, Kigoma

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Group 1 - Stock Route for Eastern and Southern zone (LINDI, MTWARA, DAR ES SALAAM, TANGA, MOROGORO AND PWANI)

Mapping Exercise

Landscape attributes, coding and legend

Features

Stock routes

• Class and Function – Major

Functioning

– Major Non Functioning

– Minor Functioning

– Minor Non Functioning

Markets

• Primary

• Secondary

• Border

• Night Camp

• Check Points

• Holding grounds

• Cattle Dips

• Quarantine facility

• Watering points

• Loading and off loading

Infrastructure

Preparation of maps and teams

Searching and Coding of stock routes

Products

National map (English and Kiswahili) Region or zones (English and Kiswahili) District ??? By products Maps – resource + competition + trade Stock routes + diseases Stock routes + wildlife Valuation of stock routes – economics – Natural Capital Legislation of stock routes (transhumance in West Africa) - Policy

Species Richness – herbivore

Economic Valuation of Corridors

Photos: ILRI, Msoffe

Dissemination

• Dissemination of the results of the exercise will be at

four levels and will be through stakeholder meetings, workshops and training utilization of the data. The four levels will be:

– Policy and decision makers in the various sectors related to livestock

– Regional, district and village leaders

– Research institutions and NGO’s

– Local communities – farmers and pastoralist