Bachelor of Arts In Sustainable Human Development

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    Sustainable Rural Livelihoods for Farmers through Popular Education in Bukoba Location, Tanzania
    (Tangaza University College, 2001-04) Paschal Rweyemamu, Anna-Stella
    In most developing countries, rural inhabitants using locally available materials are able to provide for their own livelihood. The present study brings together studies of experiences with rural human settlements in Bukabuye, Bukoba location, in Tanzania. The case study highlights four fundamental issues in rural human settlements, development, and management; first, the need for decentralized participatory frameworks of rural development. Secondly, the potential of an enabling approach to rural development; thirdly, the importance of integrating projects within wider programs aimed at enhancing the income-generating capacity of the rural poor; and fourthly, the importance of appropriate technology in rural shelter programs. In spite of Africa having a sizeable population and many specialists who still lives in a culture which do not appreciate fully its own resources. Therefore, the immediate aim of the study is to disseminate information on the above experience, from which both positive and negative lessons may be learned. In the long run, it is hoped that this study will contribute to the formulation of coherent rural human settlement development and management policies. How should we use our minds so that all the resources, which we have, are used in a meaningful manner? We have resources such as human talents labour, land, rivers, swamps, birds, animals and rainwater which is wasted. If China has managed by using the same resources, why not Africa? "In 1949, hunger was still a constant threat to the vast majority of the Chinese people. Since then the Chinese have channeled rivers and streams, drained swamps, terraced the land and cultivated it and laid irrigation systems''. Perhaps the greatest achievement is that they relied on peasants. Ecologically it remained very sound since it used mostly human and animal excrement as fertilizers. All these resources are not difficult to find in Africa places, but are left to slip away. The good example we have is rainwater. Over the last few months we had very heavy rains in Nairobi after a long period of drought, to a point where cars were wading in flooded roads, while the taps was dry back home. At the same time power problems continue due to lack of sufficient water in the dams. It is the researcher's hope that this study will shed some light in helping Africans, specifically Tanzanians, realize the importance of using effectively African resources, and by doing so, we can make agriculture the basis of our economy here in Africa. This does not mean that we agree with the forceful means used by China on family planning.