Country Profiles: Tanzania
Estimated population of rural poultry
Scavenging local chickens 26.6 million
Other poultry, mainly ducks 1.2 million
Source: Ministry of Agriculture 1995 National sample census
of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Report
Institutes and organisations
• Ministry of Water and Livestock Development
Animal Disease Research Institute (ADRI)
Veterinary Investigations Centres
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Sokoine University of Agriculture
Carries out training and research including undergraduate and
postgraduate veterinary science and animal production.
Current projects
• “Production and testing of the Australian thermo stable Newcastle
disease vaccine (I-2 strain) for protecting village chickens against
virulent strains of Newcastle disease in rural areas of Tanzania”
Tanzanian Agricultural Research Project Phase 2 (TARP II )
Chief Investigator
Dr A. M. Kapaga, ADRI,
Ministry of Water and Livestock Development
Email cvltemeke@twiga.com
Funded by the World Bank
• Tanzanian Agricultural Research Project Phase 2 (TARP II )
“Improvement of health and productivity of rural chickens in
Tanzania by controlling important diseases”
Project leader at Sokoine University of Agriculture
Professor Madundo Mtambo
Project personnel:
Dr Joram Buza
Dr Mmeta Yongolo
Dr Amandus Muhairwa
Dr Mkangare Minja
Professor Uswege Minga
Funded by the NORAD
• “Studies on seasonal changes in titre of Newcastle disease virus
antibodies and relation with disease outbreak in Tanzanian village
chickens”
Chief Investigator
Dr Joram Buza,
Email buzajj@yahoo.com
Funded by the International Foundation for Science
• “Assessment of the effectiveness of vaccination strategies against
Newcastle disease and Gumboro disease using immunoassay-based
technologies for increasing farmyard poultry production in Africa”
Research Agreement holder
Professor Uswege Minga,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
PO Box 3019, Morogoro, Tanzania
Email Uminga@suanet.ac.tz
Research Contract Holder
Dr Halifa Msami, ADRI,
PO Box 9254,
Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
Email hmsami@hotmail.com
This project is a component of a coordinated research programme “Improvements
of Health and Management of Family Poultry production in Africa”
with twelve contract holders in Africa and funded by the joint FAO/IAEA
Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• “Improving the health and productivity of rural chickens in Africa”
Chief Investigator
Professor Uswege Minga,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
PO Box 3019, Morogoro,
Tanzania
Email Uminga@suanet.ac.tz
Project personnel:
Dr Andalwisye Katule
Professor Madundo Mtambo
Dr Salome Mutayogba
Professor Malongo R. S. Mlozi
Professor Paul S. Gwakisa
Funded by DANIDA
Further contact persons
Dr Philemon Wambura On leave from Virology Department ADRI, currently
undertaking postgraduate studies at the School of Veterinary Science,
University of Queensland Email p.wambura@mailbox.uq.edu.au
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