Social perception and determinants of Ngitili system adoption for forage and land conservation in Maswa district, Tanzania.

Understanding of the processes that determine land conservation practices is essential in designing appropriate intervention to minimise the land degradation problem. This study was conducted to assess the farmers' perception toward deferred grazing system of enclosures (Ngitili), examine the perceived benefits of Ngitili and define the socio-economic variables that potentially explain adoption of Ngitili. The study was conducted in Maswa district; involving a sample of 228 households.

A gendered users' perspective on decentralized primary health services in rural Tanzania.

Since the 1990s, Tanzania has been implementing health sector reforms including decentralization of primary healthcare services to districts and users. The impact of the reforms on the access, quality and appropriateness of primary healthcare services from the viewpoint of users is, however, not clearly documented. This article draws on a gendered users' perspective to address the question of whether the delivery of gender-sensitive primary health services has improved after the reforms.