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Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI)
DODOMA ARID ZONE AFFORESTATION RESEARCH CENTRE
Mail address PO Box 1576, Dodoma
Telephone +255 (61) 232-50
Sponsoring agency Ministry of Tourism, Natural
Resources and Environment
Nature National government
Mission Research
Financial support Tanzanian government
Working languages Kiswahili, English
Scope of interest Forestry, afforestation,
desertification, multipurpose trees, soil conservation
Research program
Subjects Afforestation and development of
multipurpose tree species for use in semiarid areas of Tanzania,
soil conservation, role of forestry in combating desertification
Internal Organization
Chief official G.A. Kitambi, Director General
Facilities
Office 450 mē Office with small Library
available
Library 4,000 monographs, 400 periodical titles
Subcenters Kondoa and Singida Subcentres, located
in Kandoa and Singida
Publications
Technical notes, research notes' articles for professional
journals, papers/chapters in conference proceedings
History
Part of the Silvicultural Research Section of the Forest
Department until 1980, when TAFORI was established; now one of
the 7 centers maintained by TAFORI