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This research paper presents the results of two multi-stakeholder participatory GIS (PGIS) workshops held in June and July 2014 in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. The workshops aimed to map small-scale dairy production systems, feed sources, and support infrastructure in the Kilosa and Mvomero districts to provide a baseline for the CLEANED-VCs environmental assessment framework. The study identifies various livestock keeping systems, environmental risks such as land encroachment and water scarcity, and explores scenarios for increasing milk yields through improved education, breeding, and fodder production.

• Dairy livestock keeping in the Kilosa and Mvomero districts is categorized into three broad systems: extensive (including nomadic farming and transhumance), semi-intensive (with or without supplementary feed), and intensive (including tethering, semi-zero grazing, and zero-grazing).
• Feed for dairy livestock is primarily grazed or collected rather than purchased, consisting of natural forage (grasses, legumes, and trees), cultivated fodder (such as Napier/elephant grass and Buffalo grass), crop residues (maize, wheat, paddy rice, and beans), and concentrates like sunflower cake and molasses.
• Grazing land is facing significant encroachment from bushland, crop farming, the designation of new protected areas, and reforestation, which increases the risk of conflict between crop farmers and livestock keepers.
• Water scarcity is a critical issue during the dry season (February to June), with some previously permanent rivers, such as the River Mkata, becoming seasonal due to irrigation abstraction, silting from farming, and climate change.
• Soil quality varies across the region, with high fertility found in the corridor from Turiani to Kilosa and down to Mikumi, while other areas suffer from compaction due to shared crop and animal farming or high livestock traffic on migration routes and at markets.
• To increase milk yields, stakeholders proposed five main strategies: improving feed quality and quantity, enhancing farmer education on herd management and health, improving animal breeds through selective breeding or artificial insemination, strengthening support services and infrastructure, and improving water availability.
• Protecting water catchment areas, including the Kanga hills, Nguru wa Ndege hill, and the Ukaguru and Ngulu mountains, is considered essential for securing water access, though these areas are currently threatened by charcoal production, timber harvesting, and mining.
• The adoption of improved fodder production is estimated to be low, at approximately 10%, because farmers prioritize crops with established markets, such as tomatoes and peas, over fodder unless dairy farming is treated as a business.

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@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendseiwp201504cleanedmorengo1411m1d075c967424bb0f0pdf, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{sei-wp-2015-04-cleaned-morengo-1411m1-d075c967424bb0f0.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sei-wp-2015-04-cleaned-morengo-1411m1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }