Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) organized the 11th National Essay Writing Competition of 2023 – 2024, with the theme “Empowering Consumers through Standardization to Achieve their Rights to Safe Quality Goods and Services”. All students from Tanzania Universities and Colleges were invited to participate in this diligent essay writing competition. The winners were announced during...Read More
The Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is yearly running several sports and games tournaments for students and staff to participate in and engage themselves in building their physical fitness, mental well-being, discipline, fostering teamwork, and several valuable life skills. Basketball is among the lovely sports on campus, where SUA invested in constructing standard basketball courts...Read More
The academic member of staff from the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Management, Fredrick Jonas Sammo has been conferred his MSc. in Animal Science (Animal Nutrition and Metabolism) from the Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in the Netherlands. He successfully defended his Master’s thesis in April 2023 and graduated on the 1st of February...Read More
The aquaculture team from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) visited Tanlapia Aquaculture Company today. Tanlapia is an aquaculture company based in the Bagamoyo district at the Coastal region of Tanzania. Tanlapia is a private sector involved in tilapia fish production using the In-Pond Raceways System for tilapia production (IPRS), which simulates a natural river environment,...Read More
The crew members of the Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences Department (DAARS) are delighted to congratulate Prof. Anthony Zozimus Sangeda on his appointment as Deputy Principal in the College of Agriculture by the Sokoine University of Agriculture Chancellor. Prof. Sangeda’s assumed this position from 20th December 2023 – 19th December 2026. We are so proud...Read More
Rangeland refers to land primarily used for grazing livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats. It is an extensive, uncultivated area dominated by native vegetation, including grasses, shrubs, and other plants suitable for forage. Rangelands are found in various ecosystems, including grasslands, shrublands, deserts, and savannas. Rangelands in Tanzania play a crucial role in supporting...Read More
The impact of plastic pollution on marine life is a significant and concerning issue. Plastic waste can have detrimental effects on marine ecosystems, including ingestion by marine animals, entanglement, habitat destruction, and the introduction of harmful chemicals. These factors can disrupt the reproductive processes and overall health of aquatic species. Currently, plastic waste has become...Read More
DAARS homecoming week has successfully reunited different dignitaries from the Department and Livestock sector. From right is Prof. Sangeda A.Z. (Head of the Department), Dr. Madalla, N.A. (Director of Aquaculture in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, and former Head of the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences “2014 – 2019”), Prof. Mushi D.E....Read More
Researchers grow chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells inside pigs. The researchers are from the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, University of Cambridge, and Jilin University. A severe organ shortage plagues the progress of organ transplantation. One solution may be to generate human organs in other large mammals, however, that...Read More
The Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences is pleased to inform the scientific community and to Congratulate Dr. Muumin Iddi Hamad a member of academic staff, for a successfully defending his PhD on the 06th of November 2023 at Sokoine University of Agriculture. The tittle of his PhD thesis is “Analysis of Diurnal and...Read More
