Enhancing agroforestry uptake in Tanzania: the role of MVIWAMA

This is the sixth in a series of case studies on the innovative tactics used by forest and farm producer organisations or Indigenous Peoples and local community groups to improve the uptake of one of three main types of agroforestry system: shade grown cash crops (that mix trees and crops), silvopastoral systems (that mix trees and livestock), and home gardens (that mix trees, crops and livestock).

This case study focuses on how the organization Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima na Wafugaji wa Mkoa wa Manyara (MVIWAMA – the Manyara Region Network of Farmers and Pastoralists Groups) in Tanzania has helped its members to overcome challenges of upscaling agroforestry systems that include a mixture of all three main types of agroforestry system - mixing crops, trees and livestock (as well as bees) in different combinations to foster climate-resilient landscapes and better living conditions.