One of the most recent work done by Valeli Bugota a Chairperson at Aqua-Farms Organization (AFO) and Dr. Cyrus Rumisha from the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences in the College of Agriculture (SUA), was featured in April Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Newsletter. A study titled “Low genetic diversity and lack of...Read More

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By Dr. Charles Moses Lyimo From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences (DAARS) Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Lions are found in Africa south of the Sahara and India’s northwest, where the savanna is their main natural habitat with plentily of other game animals such as gazelles, antelope, impala, wild pigs, wildebeest, and...Read More

Dear Employer, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is conducting a university-wide tracer study prior to engaging in curricular review process across all her academic units. The purpose of this exercise is to come up with curricula which are more relevant and responsive to the job market. The success of this endeavour depends very much on...Read More

Climate change is affecting pastoral communities in a way that they are forced to destroy the environment and severe range lands degradation. In some cases, Pastoralists are forced to enter the forest reserves during dry seasons to search for pasture and water. This tendency has negatively affected the environment and conservation initiatives. Despite of high...Read More

Seeds and feeds are among the most important inputs required for sustainable aquaculture industry development in any country worldwide. However, the value chain analysis of seeds and feeds in most developing countries including Tanzania has not been mapped, and the key actors are not identified and characterized. To address this knowledge gap, we mapped the...Read More

Dr. Reimer Christian (Facilitator): The Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences (DAARS) in collaboration with the Institute of Farm Animal Genetics of the Federal Research Institute in Germany, is cordially inviting you to a public lecture that to be held on Monday 19th December 2022 at DAARS Postgraduate Lecture Room, from 10:00 am to...Read More

Urban pigeons go wild after thousands of years of domestication Pigeon is a bird family that is distributed worldwide with exception of the Sahara Desert, Antarctica and the high Arctic. Pigeons are considered as one of the most intelligent of bird species and the most physically adept creatures in the animal kingdom. The bird has...Read More

Elon Musk’s internet service Starlink is set to be available in the country in the first quarter of 2023, with analysts cautiously saying the new development will boost the digital economy. The service, which is owned by the SpaceX Company, has been providing internet connectivity using thousands of satellites in space that communicate with designated...Read More

The Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences is pleased to inform the scientific community that, our PhD candidate Mang’era Samwel Mnyoro has successfully defended his PhD today (16th of November, 2022). The tittle of his PhD study is “DEVELOPING A COST-EFFECTIVE RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM UNIT USING LOCALLY AVAILABLE MEDIA AS BIOFILTERS FOR REMOVING AMMONIA...Read More