Bachelor course in
Development and Climate Change
Adaptation and Mitigation in Tanzania:
students’ field trip
Evy Jørgensen, Nina Lande and Nicole Rezende
Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric),
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
This bachelor course at the
(Noragric) at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences is an exact match for you if
you are:
-- open-minded and enthusiastic
-- ready to face the climate change and seeking ways to
adapt to it
-- interested in cultures -- eager to work together with people in developing
countries
• A combination of field visits, encounters with devewlopment experts and researchers and lectures aim to develop students’ basic
understanding of current climate change challenges in Tanzania
• The general learning outcome is
understanding concepts and practices of
development in the contxt of climate change adaptation and mitigation in Tanzania
Course description
Course content
• Background information about Tanzania.
Introduction into policy and research approaches to climate change in the country. Visits to crucial
institutions and talks given by aid/development experts and to researchers involved in the- andprogrammes.
• Agriculture and climate change adaptation and
mitigation. Case study of a research based project.
• Mitigating climate change in coastal zone
management in a changing climate. Case study of a research based project and stay with small-holder farmers in Zanzibar.
Wildlife and humans...
…in Mikumi National Park
Giraffes forage
in isolated acacia stands
Stunning views
Stunning views
Stunning views
Students with Sanje waterfall
in the
background
Still here – difficult to leave!
Steep hills in Mgeta
Mr Mahenge, a goat farmer in Mgeta
Trying to understand farmers’
livelihood challenges
I’m the Master Goat!
Meeting with small-
scale farmers in
Mgeta
Children of Mgeta
Visiting diary goat keepers and their families
Health services
We believe that hands-on experiences and meeting with people…
provide the course participant with
a broader
understanding…
…combined with classroom lectures
…of problems facing Tanzanian small-scale farmers and possible
approaches towards solutions.
Our base in Zanzibar.
Kizimbani Agricultural Training Centre. Time for lunch.
Outside a mosque in Stone Town
Nicole and Meley
Visiting students on homestays in Fumbe,
Zanzibar
Friendly people of Zanzibar
Beautiful Zanzibar
More exciting farm inhabitants to become aqcuainted with
Villagers learn about work from childhood into adulthood
Children and Nina
Always more to learn
With or without Swahili- English translation...
...students try doing some real field work
We got invited home to a Masai family where they gave us fresh milk
from their cows
We became friends with our hostesses and their
families
Visit to TaTEDO, Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and
Environmental Organization
Meeting with villagers working with community based forest management and
Zanzibar
Preparing and doing group work
Meeting with women and learning about their participation in the
community based forest management
The students with their caretakers
Our very cooperative vehicle throughout the trip - SUA bus Stopping for muscles vendors along the road
Ready to take-off at airport in Zanzibar back home to Norway
See you soon at the
Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) in our university campus in Aas, Norway
