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The development of the lower Mgeta River area of the United Republic of Tanzania
- Alternative title:
- Land resource study no.1
- Abstract:
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Three areas, totalling about 4500 acres (1821 hectares) were selected for development as agricultural settlement schemes, following an earlier reconnaissance survey of 190 square miles (492 square kilometres) in the Lower Mgeta River Area of Eastern Tanzania. A detailed survey of the soils, vegetation and present land use of each of these areas is described. Proposals for the settlement of 284 families, each farming 12 acres (4.9 hectares) on a rotational basis are made: cropping of one third cotton, one third sorghum, cowpeas, intercropped maize and soya beans and, in the first instance, one third fallow are described. The establishment of 360 acres (146 hectares) of Eucalyptus plantations to provide fuel and building poles for the settlers is also suggested.
- Publication status:
- Published
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- Publisher:
- Land Resources Division, Ministry of Overseas Development
- Publication date:
- 1966-01-01
- Language:
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English
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- Deposit date:
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2015-02-16
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- Copyright holder:
- University of Oxford
- Copyright date:
- 1966
- Notes:
- This document has been digitised by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford as part of the Oxford Digital Library for Forestry (ODLF) project. Digitisation of this document has been made possible through the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The original contents of this document remain the copyright of the University of Oxford (http://www.ox.ac.uk/).
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