The North Mkata Plain, Tanzania : A Study of Land Capability and Land Tenure / J. Roger Pitblado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitblado, J. Roger, Author.

Contributor:

University of Toronto. Department of Geography, contributor.

Series:

Research publications (University of Toronto. Department of Geography) ; 16.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Tanzania--North Mkata Plain.

Land use.

Land tenure--Tanzania--North Mkata Plain.

Land tenure.

Land capability for agriculture--Tanzania--North Mkata Plain.

Land capability for agriculture.

Soils--Tanzania--North Mkata Plain.

Soils.

Tanzania--North Mkata Plain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 178 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The failure of many of Tanzania's rural development schemes and policies results from their incompatibility with existing agricultural systems. To date, information necessary for the assessment of such schemes has been sparse, particularly with respect to soils and land tenure, the agricultural subsystems frequently cited as sources of bottlenecks to rural expansion. In this book Professor Pitblado describes and evaluates these subsystems and their possible influence on agricultural development of the North Mkata Plain. The study area (2740 sq. km in east central Tanzania) has previously been identified as an area for potential rural development by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In addition to presenting soil survey data recovered in the field, the author classifies and maps the soils by capability groups indicating the degree and kind of limitation that would be faced in using each for general agriculture. Pitblado reviews relevant Tanzanian legislation for the period 1884-1978, revealing how to the two major forms of rural tenancy -- rights of occupancy by grant and by customary law -- evolved. These modes of occupancy are examined at a reconnaissance level throughout the area and in detail for the section of the plain where land tenure rules were governed by the customary laws of the Ngulu people. Information on the two subsystems is integrated by examining their influence on current land use and on future agricultural production. The author concludes that agricultural development is only ecologically feasible in selected areas through changes in the land use patterns and management practices in areas now under cultivation, and warns that some of the recommended changes will be inhibited by both historical and current land tenure rules and regulations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

PART I. Introduction

PART II. Soils and Land Capability

PART III. Land Tenure and Land Use

PART IV. Summary and Conclusions

APPENDIX A. Water Balance Tables for Selected Stations in or close to the North Mkata Plain

APPENDIX B. Soil Profile Descriptions: Morphological Data

APPENDIX C. Soil Profile Descriptions: Analytical Data

APPENDIX D. Selected Distinguishing Characteristics of the Soil Series of the North Mkata Plain

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-178).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7962-4

OCLC:

1129176653