TGA Guideline
- Oct 19, 2020
- Technical Reports Administration Documents
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New updated administration manual for TGAs
- Jul 10, 2020
- Technical Reports
- 239 Views
This manual is meant to serve as administrational guidelines to the Tree Growers’ Associations (TGAs) of Tanzania. It is a practical guide on how to properly organize TGA’s institutional issues and what to consider during operating a TGA. It is not a constitution or by-law for TGAs, those need to be developed separately by each TGA, nor is this a technical forestry manual. Technical manuals and training…
Read More Downloads File/s:Evaluation report of the village land use planning activities implemented by PFP
- Jul 05, 2020
- Technical Reports
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The Private Forestry Programme (PFP) hired the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) of the University of Iringa to conduct a mid-term evaluation of the quality and progress of the implementation of 44 VLUPs made with PFP support in six districts in Iringa, Njombe and Ruvuma regions.The study team adopted an integrative and holistic approach which included desk review, semi-structured interviews, and…
Read More Downloads File/s:Scoping study on existing extension services within the Southern Highlands
- May 09, 2019
- Technical Reports
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RLabs was engaged by PFP to identify existing extension services and gaps in Southern Highlands of Tanzania and opportunities for PFP to add value through its programmes. The scoping study included a desk review and semi-structured interviews with extension service stakeholders in the Southern Highlands. A review of available literature confirms that government capacity has not kept up with the need for rural…
Read More Downloads File/s:Final Plantation Survey Report
- Mar 26, 2019
- Technical Reports
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This report describes the methodology and the findings of the final plantation survey of the first phase of the Private Forestry Programme. The objective of the survey was to provide a final assessment of the status and the performance of the plantations established through the smallholder tree-planting support schemes implemented during the first phase. A total of 1,088 pre-positioned sample plots, 1,024 of which…
Read More Downloads File/s:Participatory mapping and planning tools developed for village land use planning practice
- Jan 12, 2019
- Technical Reports
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This report introduces and provides instructions for using 17 participatory and spatial tools developed and adopted by the Private Forestry Programme (PFP) to inform its village land use planning practice. The newly developed tools and practices included in this report were designed to address several common challenges to the planning process. First, participatory mapping with freely available high-resolution…
Read More Downloads File/s:FWITC Business Pan
- Jan 09, 2019
- Technical Reports
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Private Forestry Programme (PFP) Phase I is being implemented in Iringa Tanzania by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Recourses and Tourism (MNRT). The aim of the Programme is to increase rural income in the Southern Highlands through industrial forest plantation establishment, development of new business opportunities, supporting in value chain development and in…
Read More Downloads File/s:End-of-Dry-Season woodlot assessment 2016/17 report
- Jan 08, 2019
- Technical Reports
- 162 Views
PFP has prepared two reports on the assessment of seedling survival. The first one, the compilation report (in English), summarises findings of the PFP woodlot quality and growth assessment conducted at the end of dry season 2016/17. The aim of the study was to visit and assess all woodlots established through the PFP Tree Grower Incentive Scheme (TGIS) in-kind support during the first two years of the programme.…
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