Figures & data
Figure 1. Map of Tanzania showing the location of the study districts.
Table 1. Physiographic and climatic characteristics of the study districts
Table 2. Location of irrigation schemes in the study districts
Figure 2. Conceptual model of salt-affected soils interaction with farmers’ knowledge, management practices and risk to the livelihoods of farmers.
Table 3. General chemical properties of salt-affected soils
Figure 3. Gender distribution of the respondents.
Figure 4. Age characteristics of the of the respondents.
Figure 5. Education levels of the farmers in the studied irrigation schemes.
Table 4. Land size and land ownership in the surveyed irrigation schemes
Table 5. Proportions of rice variety grown and production trends
Table 6. Major constraints to rice production in surveyed irrigation schemes
Table 7. Farmers’ awareness and knowledge of salt-affected soils
Figure 6. Farmers source of information of salt-affected soils.
Figure 7. Farmers’ perception of the major sources of salt-affected soils in rice farms.
Table 8. Farmers’ knowledge of rice cultivars tolerant to salts
Figure 8. Perception of the extent of salt-affected from farmer’s fields.
Table 9. Farmers’ perception on coping mechanisms for salt-affected soils
Table 10. Soil analytical results for some of surveyed irrigation schemes