Major changes have occurred in Tanzania in response to global political developments and the impact of international organizations. This text examines credit, land reform and environmental and social issues, providing material for teaching and research.

Tanzania under Ujanaa was studied in considerable detail, and such research provides a useful starting point for the examination of subsequent developments. Major changes have occurred in response to global political developments and the impact of international organizations in Tanzania, creating a demand for the information this book provides, namely, material for teaching, research and planning. Key areas covered include credit, land reform, agricultural extension, environmental issues and social issues such as population, migration and social control.

Part 1 Structural adjustment and land reform: trading images - discourse and statistical evidence on agricultural adjustment in Tanzania (1986-95), Stefano Ponte
Tanzania - implementing structural adjustment programmes - learning from the past, M.E. Mlambiti
structural adjustment and land reform policy in Tanzania - a political interpretation of the 1992 National Agricultural Policy, Andrew Kiondo
land issues and Tanzania's political economy, C.S.L. Chachage
the failure of institutional, technical and structural shifts in Tanzanian peasant agriculture - some lessons from India's green revolution, Sam Maghimbi. Part 2 Indigenous technical knowledge: linking institutional research and extension to indigenous knowledge systems - experience from the UMADEP project of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), A.Z. Mattee and T. Lassalle
indigenous knowledge and natural resources management, G.C. Kajembe and D.R. Rutatora
the implications of farmers' indigenous knowledge for sustainable agriculture production in Tanzania, Sizya Lugeye
the Matengo pit system of farming and its sustainability in the Matengo Highlands of Mbinga District, Tanzania, D.F. Rutatora. Part 3 Case studies: the development crisis of peasant agriculture in Tanzania in the 1980s and 1990s, Francis F. Lyimo
peasant agriculture in Tanzania - access to and use of resources to improve agricultural production, Francis F. Lyimo
urban agriculture and its damaging effects on the urban environment - the case of Tanzania, Malongo R.S. Mlozi
near and yet so poor - explaining underdevelopment in the Coast Region of Tanzania, Simeon Mesaki
where have all the young girls gone? gender and sex ratios on Mafia Island, Tanzania, Pat Caplan
rural Tanzanians and the national elections of 1995, John Sivalon.