O gerenciamento adequado de resíduos sólidos implica na proposição de tecnologias ambientalmente adequadas de reciclagem ou disposição final. Mundialmente, no caso de pneus inservíveis, a principal forma de destino final é a estocagem ou a queima para recuperação de energia. A estocagem pode gerar problemas ambientais como o risco de incêndios e a proliferação de animais ou insetos vetores de doenças. Embora venha crescendo o estudo de tecnologias para reciclagem e ou reutilização de pneus inservíveis, o total efetivamente reciclado é pequeno, mesmo em países que priorizam estas ações. O alto custo operacional e tecnológico inviabiliza uma maior abrangência na adoção de destas técnicas. Por outro lado, tecnologias de baixo desembolso de capital apresentam pequena demanda por pneus descartados. A tecnologia estudada reúne características de baixo custo operacional, em comparação às demais formas de reciclagem e a vantagem de propiciar controle indireto ao mosquito vetor da dengue, além de recuperar áreas degradadas por erosão e incrementar os reflorestamentos com espécies nativas. Ela consiste em enterrar pneus inservíveis em grandes erosões (voçorocas) ou com eles construir barreiras de assoreamento como parte da estratégia de recuperação da paisagem erodida que será posteriormente revegetada. Resultados dos testes de respirometria e liberação de zinco não demonstraram interferências negativas com a microbiota ou a liberação excesssiva de zinco na solução do solo ou no seu lixiviado. O potencial operacional de adoção da técnica foi demonstrado ser viável para todo o Estado de São Paulo, excluindo-se, eventualmente, a sua região metropolitana. / The appropriate solid waste management implies on the proposal of clean technologies for recycling as well as disposal of wastes widely generated by industrial processess. Regarding scraped tyres, stockpilling and energy recovery are the main practises adopted. Generation of urban pragues and pollution from uncontroled fire are large environmental problemas associated to the management of wasted tyre. Although tyre recycling technologies have been increasing the cost effectiveness associated to these technologies still being worthless, even in developed countries. On the other hand, low cost technologies demand a small amount of scraped tyre. The technology studied has a relative high demand for scraped tyre and also seems to be suitable for tyre disposal, dengue fever control as well as an improvement on degradated land restoration and reforesting. Results from biological test (soil respirometry) and zinc release from soil solution and leachates showed no interference with soil microbes, neither soil nor water contamination. Information generated from geoprocessing came across to a huge number of erosions in São Paulo State where the technique should be applied.

O gerenciamento adequado de resíduos sólidos implica na proposição de tecnologias ambientalmente adequadas de reciclagem ou disposição final. Mundialmente, no caso de pneus inservíveis, a principal forma de destino final é a estocagem ou a queima para recuperação de energia. A estocagem pode gerar problemas ambientais como o risco de incêndios e a proliferação de animais ou insetos vetores de doenças. Embora venha crescendo o estudo de tecnologias para reciclagem e ou reutilização de pneus inservíveis, o total efetivamente reciclado é pequeno, mesmo em países que priorizam estas ações. O alto custo operacional e tecnológico inviabiliza uma maior abrangência na adoção de destas técnicas. Por outro lado, tecnologias de baixo desembolso de capital apresentam pequena demanda por pneus descartados. A tecnologia estudada reúne características de baixo custo operacional, em comparação às demais formas de reciclagem e a vantagem de propiciar controle indireto ao mosquito vetor da dengue, além de recuperar áreas degradadas por erosão e incrementar os reflorestamentos com espécies nativas. Ela consiste em enterrar pneus inservíveis em grandes erosões (voçorocas) ou com eles construir barreiras de assoreamento como parte da estratégia de recuperação da paisagem erodida que será posteriormente revegetada. Resultados dos testes de respirometria e liberação de zinco não demonstraram interferências negativas com a microbiota ou a liberação excesssiva de zinco na solução do solo ou no seu lixiviado. O potencial operacional de adoção da técnica foi demonstrado ser viável para todo o Estado de São Paulo, excluindo-se, eventualmente, a sua região metropolitana. / The appropriate solid waste management implies on the proposal of clean technologies for recycling as well as disposal of wastes widely generated by industrial processess. Regarding scraped tyres, stockpilling and energy recovery are the main practises adopted. Generation of urban pragues and pollution from uncontroled fire are large environmental problemas associated to the management of wasted tyre. Although tyre recycling technologies have been increasing the cost effectiveness associated to these technologies still being worthless, even in developed countries. On the other hand, low cost technologies demand a small amount of scraped tyre. The technology studied has a relative high demand for scraped tyre and also seems to be suitable for tyre disposal, dengue fever control as well as an improvement on degradated land restoration and reforesting. Results from biological test (soil respirometry) and zinc release from soil solution and leachates showed no interference with soil microbes, neither soil nor water contamination. Information generated from geoprocessing came across to a huge number of erosions in São Paulo State where the technique should be applied.

Thesis (M.Dev.) --University of Limpopo, 2007 / The study deals with the socio-economic impact of land restoration on the Masha Community. Members of Masha Community opted to relocate to their ancestral land, Kalkfontein, which they successfully reclaimed in the year 2000. The study interrogates if the restoration of land to the Community has made any positive impact on their social and economic well being. It focuses on the key challenges posed by land restoration to both the Community and the different spheres of government. It also deals with the challenges of leadership among the Masha Community which are threatening the attainment of developmental goals at Kalkfontion. The study concludes by making some concrete proposals and recommendations on how the State, the Community and various developmental agencies could resolve the problems faced by Communities such as the Masha after their land has been restored. / the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and the University of Limpopo.

Ashe Juniper encroachment onto privately owned rangelands in Central Texas has resulted in significant degradation of the ecological condition of these lands, and a subsequent public concern for the hydrologic function, wildlife habitat, and livestock production these historically predominant grasslands provide. The result has been an interest and public investment in land restoration programs such as the removal and management of brush via landowner cost-share. Implementation of a publicly funded land restoration program requires the allocation of millions of dollars of public funds on private lands over large geographic areas that represent hundreds of landowners with varying property management objectives, tract sizes, ecological conditions, and geologic characteristics. This study describes the development, accuracy, and application of a decision support geographic information system (DSGIS) for land restoration programs in the Leon, Lampasas, and Bosque River watersheds in the Brazos River basin of Central Texas. The spatially referenced data layers and associated database within the DSGIS provide the capability to assemble site specific information including vegetation cover, endangered species habitat, landowners, ecological sites, elevation and slope, hydrologic characteristics, and political boundaries to support policy and implementation decisions for Ashe Juniper (Juniperus ashei) brush control and management and goldencheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) habitat restoration programs. The goldencheeked warbler is a federally listed endangered species with a breeding range limited to the oak-juniper woodlands of Central Texas. The data layers were developed with the support of ongoing research from the Leon River Restoration Project (LRRP) in Coryell and Hamilton counties. One hundred and eighty-eight (188) sub-watersheds were delineated within the project area and prioritized for implementation of an Ashe Juniper brush control program and a golden-cheeked warbler habitat restoration program. Costs associated with the clearing and stacking of Ashe Juniper were estimated for selected subwatersheds based on projected landowner participation and an analysis of actual costs from the LRRP. Sub-watersheds were targeted for the implementation of an Ashe Juniper brush control and golden-cheeked warbler habitat management program in Bosque, Coryell, Lampasas, Bell, and Burnet counties. Detailed tables were also developed to document the density and quantity of pertinent layer attributes within each of the 188 sub-watersheds.

Tillage erosion is the dominant soil erosion process in hummocky landscapes. The topsoil lost from the convex upper slope positions (i.e., hilltops knolls, ridges) gradually makes its way to the concave lower slope positions (i.e., foot slopes, toe slopes/depressions), while reducing yield capability in the knolls. The accumulation of topsoil in the concave lower slope positions does not increase yield potential. Landscape restoration is a process by which organic-rich topsoil is removed from lower slope positions and is moved to the knoll positions where it is applied and incorporated as additional topsoil. Field studies on this matter have shown increases in crop yield productivity due to land restoration on the convex upper slope positions. Using a model developed in STELLA ®, this research examines the net monetary benefit of landscape restoration in specific landscape scenarios modeled after areas in Manitoba which are prone to tillage erosion. This study demonstrates that farming operations in hummocky landscapes, experiencing topsoil loss at knolls benefit from landscape restoration as it can lead to positive net returns. In this study, the research shows that landscape restoration, in the Rural Municipality of Lorne (South Western Manitoba), led to revenues greater than restoration costs for arable land used for agricultural purposes. Depending on soil conditions and tillage choices the payback period for landscape restoration ranged from 8 to 18 years.

Tillage erosion is the dominant soil erosion process in hummocky landscapes. The topsoil lost from the convex upper slope positions (i.e., hilltops knolls, ridges) gradually makes its way to the concave lower slope positions (i.e., foot slopes, toe slopes/depressions), while reducing yield capability in the knolls. The accumulation of topsoil in the concave lower slope positions does not increase yield potential. Landscape restoration is a process by which organic-rich topsoil is removed from lower slope positions and is moved to the knoll positions where it is applied and incorporated as additional topsoil. Field studies on this matter have shown increases in crop yield productivity due to land restoration on the convex upper slope positions. Using a model developed in STELLA ®, this research examines the net monetary benefit of landscape restoration in specific landscape scenarios modeled after areas in Manitoba which are prone to tillage erosion. This study demonstrates that farming operations in hummocky landscapes, experiencing topsoil loss at knolls benefit from landscape restoration as it can lead to positive net returns. In this study, the research shows that landscape restoration, in the Rural Municipality of Lorne (South Western Manitoba), led to revenues greater than restoration costs for arable land used for agricultural purposes. Depending on soil conditions and tillage choices the payback period for landscape restoration ranged from 8 to 18 years.

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2004. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Roger L. Sheley. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 26-30).

Orientador: Ademar Ribeiro Romeiro / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T18:02:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fasiaben_MariadoCarmoRamos_D.pdf: 5356065 bytes, checksum: 326d9f2699a2031fc1f645c7928a3dc0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A legislação ambiental brasileira que trata da reserva legal florestal é alvo de intensa polêmica, pois põe em confronto interesses públicos e privados. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o impacto econômico da reserva legal sobre a margem bruta de diferentes tipos de unidades de produção agropecuária (UPA) da Microbacia do Rio Oriçanga - São Paulo. Para tanto, elaborou-se uma tipologia das UPAs da microbacia, mapearam-se os remanescentes de vegetação natural dos diferentes tipos e definiram-se as classes de capacidade de uso de suas terras. Foram escolhidos dois tipos para detalhamento do estudo: as pequenas unidades de baixa tecnologia e as unidades produtoras de citros. Procedeu-se à modelagem da estrutura produtiva dos dois tipos selecionados, através do método de programação recursiva, abarcando o período de 2002/2003 a 2008/2009. Os dois tipos de UPAs apresentaram déficits de reserva legal, que, para serem supridos na mesma microbacia, exigem a conversão de áreas atualmente em uso agropecuário. Confrontaram-se os sistemas atuais dessas unidades típicas aos seguintes cenários, de modo a completar a área requerida de reserva legal: i) conversão de áreas com uso agropecuário em vegetação natural, através do plantio de espécies nativas, visando o manejo sustentável para exploração de madeira; ii) conversão de áreas com uso agropecuário em vegetação nativa, através da regeneração natural e sem exploração econômica. Para a unidade típica produtora de citros, estimou-se uma redução média na margem bruta da unidade de produção de 13%, no cenário de restauração e exploração sustentável do déficit de reserva legal e de 17%, no cenário onde ela se manteve sem nenhum tipo de recuperação ou manejo. Já para a pequena unidade de baixa tecnologia, a margem bruta não sofreu alteração no primeiro cenário, e mostrou uma redução de 10% no segundo. Os resultados evidenciam a importância de políticas que permitam uma distribuição mais equitativa dos custos da conservação ambiental entre toda a sociedade, bem como a importância de ajustes locacionais das reservas legais, na busca de um melhor equilíbrio entre a conservação da biodiversidade e o custo de oportunidade das terras / Abstract: The Brazilian environmental legislation concerning the maintenance of native vegetation as a proportion of the farm's land (so-called "Legal Reserve") is a matter of intense debate. The subject brings public and private interests in confrontation. In this context, this dissertation aimed at assessing the economic impacts of the legal reserve on the gross margins (GM) of different types of farms located in the watershed of the Oriçanga River - in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. A farm's typology for the watershed was elaborated, the natural vegetation remnants were mapped and the classes of land use capacity were defined. Two farm types were selected for a detailed study: the low-technology small farms and the citrus producing farms. The productive structure of both types was modeled using recursive programming for the period between 2002/2003 and 2008/2009. The current farm systems adopted by both types were studied in two scenarios of legal reserve deficit elimination: i) native species plantations for sustainable production of timber; ii) spontaneous growth of natural vegetation, without forest restoration and economic management. In both scenarios some of the farms' productive area needed to be converted into native vegetation. The citrus producing farms suffered a 13% reduction in the average gross margin in the first scenario (sustainable timber production), and a GM reduction of 17% in the second scenario (unmanaged spontaneous growth). For the lowtechnology small farms, there were no losses in the first scenario, but a 10% reduction in GM in the second one. These results evidence the importance of policies aimed at a more equitable distribution of the environmental conservation costs in the society, as well as the need for locational adjustments of the legal reserves, in order to find a better equilibrium between the preservation of biodiversity and the opportunity cost of land / Doutorado / Desenvolvimento Economico, Espaço e Meio Ambiente / Doutor em Desenvolvimento Economico

In the studied Kagera region (NW Tanzania), smallholder banana-coffee-based farming systems developed over hundreds of years. To this day, they traditionally consist of four components: the older and younger homegardens (kibanja and kikamba in the local Bantu language), woodland (kabira), and grassland (rweya). The management of organic farm waste has played an essential role in maintaining soil fertility, diversity, and agricultural productivity in these agroforestry systems. However, rapid population growth since Tanzania’s independence in the 1960s, an influx of refugees in the 1990s, and accompanying environmental degradation have shaped large parts of the study region. As a result, farm sizes, crop yields, and food security have declined, soils and farming systems have degraded, and impoverishment has increased. The overall objective of this study was to investigate whether degraded homegardens can be transformed back into multifunctional, sustainable, and fertile agroforestry systems through sustainable organic farm waste management. Organic farm waste embraced crop and tree residues, kitchen and food waste including cooking ash (as inorganic residue), livestock manure and urine, animal bones, as well as human faeces and urine. The objective was subdivided into three targets and related research foci: (1) to understand the status quo of organic farm waste management in the research area, (2) to evaluate modification options for sustainable banana-coffee-based systems, and (3) to evaluate an optimisation of organic farm waste management to increase agricultural production. An interview of 150 smallholder households on the current availability and uses of organic farm waste was conducted (1). The survey encompassed geographical variables, economic data, and household and agricultural information relating to the Water-Soil-Waste Nexus and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. A farm household typology was constructed to categorise the farm households according to their biomass production and use of organic farm waste. Five focus group discussions were held in a local farmer field school to evaluate training on sustainable land use management (2). The farmer field school had trained about 750 farm households in de-graded banana-coffee-based farming systems in the last two decades. Also here, a typology construction of trained farm households was created. Both typologies were compared to each other. Nutrient cycles of the homegardens of trained and untrained farm house-holds were calculated (3) using the following scenarios: S0: business as usual; S1: the use of 80% of the available human urine; S2: the incorporation of 0.5 t yr-1 of the herbaceous legume species Crotalaria grahamiana into the soil; S3: the production of 5 m3 yr-1 of CaSa-compost (human excreta and biochar) and its application on 600 m2 of land; and S4: a combination of S1, S2, and S3. Results revealed that integrated organic farm waste management still plays a key role in farm nutrient and soil fertility management in these farming systems, but to a lower extent than in the past (status quo). Smallholder farmers that apply organic farm waste to their fields – using in situ, pit, ring-hole, and mixed composting techniques – have higher yields. However, the knowledge on waste management – traditionally passed on from generation to generation – has declined. Today, only one-third of these households earn a reasonable living from their agricultural products. Female-led households with a high age-dependency ratio and farmers with problematic socio-economic backgrounds continue to be the most vulnerable to food insecurity. In comparison, the implementation of training on sustainable land-use management has considerably improved farmers’ livelihoods. Successfully implemented knowledge on sustainable soil and farm nutrient management, including the modification of composting techniques, afforestation, selection of appropriate crop and tree species, improved labour allocation and time management, agricultural record-keeping, as well as gender-responsive communication and decision-making, has led to a transition: from degraded agricultural to multifunctional agroforestry systems. However, also here, one-third of the trained farmers has hardly transformed at all and has remained vulnerable to difficulties with food security, income diversification, and access to education. Comparing the nutrient balance between the homegardens of untrained and trained households, the homegardens of trained households are more likely to have a positive nutrient balance than those of untrained ones. Although untrained households would improve the nutrient balance under all management scenarios, their nutrient balances do not actually turn positive, especially not for nitrogen. Besides, nutrient cycles in the homegardens of all households remain ‘open’ because farmers currently import nutrients from the surrounding area, e.g., through fodder from the grassland. To overcome this dependency, short-term nutrient deficiencies might be alleviated with a precise application of mineral fertiliser and by fostering zero grazing. However, limited access to mineral fertiliser, labour-intensive manure collection and compost production against a background of land scarcity, labour shortage, prolonged dry seasons, and socio-economic imbalances, remain major challenges. To conclude, action needs to be taken and supporting policies and regulations need to be developed, e.g., on the safe use of organic farm waste and wastewater in smallholder agriculture to contribute towards achieving key Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The relevant goals are Goal 2 (Zero hunger), Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy), and Goal 15 (Life on land). None of the un-trained smallholder households lives under the conditions that these goals intend to prescribe. Only one-third of the trained farming households is one step closer to achieving these targets. To counteract this, a roadmap may serve as a starting point for future initiatives to develop coherent policies and science-based guidelines.:List of figures 7 List of tables 13 Abbreviations and acronyms 17 Units 20 Abstract 21 Zusammenfassung 23 1 Introduction 29 1.1 Problem identification and structure of this thesis 29 1.2 Study area 31 1.2.1 Environment 31 1.2.2 History and development of agriculture 37 1.2.3 Social, economic, and ecological challenges 44 1.3 Objectives 46 1.4 Research questions 47 1.4.1 The status quo of organic farm waste management 48 1.4.2 The transition towards multifunctionality 49 1.4.3 The optimisation of farm waste management 50 1.5 List of publications 53 2 Status quo of organic farm waste management 55 Highlights 55 Graphical abstract 56 Abstract 56 Keywords 57 2.1 Introduction 57 2.2 Background 59 2.2.1 The development of banana-coffee-based farming systems in Karagwe 59 2.2.2 The traditional role of organic farm waste 62 2.3 Materials and methods 63 2.3.1 Study area 63 2.3.2 Methods 65 2.4 Results 67 2.4.1 Farm household typology 67 2.4.2 Status quo of the farm waste management 72 2.4.3 Today's gender roles in agriculture 75 2.5 Discussion 78 2.6 Conclusions and recommendations 81 2.7 Declaration of competing interest 82 2.8 Acknowledgements 82 2.9 References 83 3 Traditional and adapted composting practices 91 Abstract 91 3.1 Introduction 92 3.1.1 Banana-coffee-based farming systems in the highlands of Tanzania 95 3.1.2 Composting practices 98 3.1.3 Traditional: In-situ and pit composting 100 3.1.4 Adapted: On-surface composting 101 3.2 Case studies 102 3.2.1 Traditional composting in the Kagera region 102 3.2.2 On-surface composting in the Morogoro region 104 3.3 Discussion 107 3.4 Conclusion 109 3.5 References 110 4 Transition towards multifunctional farming systems 115 Graphical abstract 115 Highlights 116 Abstract 116 Keywords 117 4.1 Introduction 117 4.2 Materials and methods 120 4.2.1 Study area 120 4.2.2 CaSa-compost 120 4.2.3 Data collection 121 4.2.4 Data analysis 124  4.3 Results 125 4.3.1 Group A: Successful farm households 126 4.3.2 Group B: Moderate successful farm households 134 4.3.3 Group C: Failing farm households 136 4.3.4 Remaining challenges and bottlenecks 138 4.4 Discussion 139 4.5 Conclusions and recommendations 143 4.6 Acknowledgements 144 4.7 References 145 5 Optimised nutrient management 155 Abstract 155 Keywords 156 5.1 Introduction 157 5.2 Materials and methods 158 5.2.1 Study area 158 5.2.2 Data 160 5.3 Results 175 5.4 Discussion 181 5.4.1 Methodology 181 5.4.2 Results 181 5.5 Conclusions and recommendations 186 5.6 Appendix A 188 5.7 References 192 6 Synthesis 199 6.1 Summary and discussion of the results 199 6.1.1 The status quo of organic farm waste management 199 6.1.2 The modification of traditional farm waste management 203 6.1.3 The optimisation of farm waste management 206 6.2 Relevance to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 208 6.3 Outline of a roadmap for the implementation of the SDG target 2.4 211 6.4 Limitations 215 6.5 Concluding discussion and recommendations 215 7 References 221 8 Appendix 233 8.1 Data set of smallholder farm households 233 Abstract 234 Keywords 235 8.1.1 Specifications table 235 8.1.2 Value of the data 237 8.1.3 Data description 237 8.1.4 Experimental design, materials, and methods 238 Ethics statement 240 Declaration of competing interest 240 Acknowledgments 240 References 240 8.2 Survey data 243 8.2.1 Meta data 243 8.2.2 Geographical data 245 8.2.3 Household information 251 8.2.4 Agricultural information 257 8.2.5 Economic data and Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus 285 8.2.6 Gender-specific distribution of tasks within the farming family 298 / Bananen-Kaffee-basierte Anbausysteme haben eine lange Tradition in Ostafrika. In der Kagera-Region im Nordwesten Tansanias entwickelten sich über Jahrhunderte hinweg ertragreiche Bananen-Kaffee-basierte Anbausysteme in kleinbäuerlicher Landwirtschaft. Die Böden der Hausgärten waren durch die kontinuierliche Zugabe von kompostierten organischen Abfällen dunkel, humusreich und fruchtbar. Jedoch verlor dieses nachhaltige Agroforstsystem in der Kagera-Region in den letzten 50 Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die Gründe dafür waren in erster Linie der rasche Anstieg der Bevölkerung seit der Unabhängigkeit Tansanias in den 1960er-Jahren sowie der Zustrom von Flüchtlingen in den 1990er-Jahren. Beides führte zu einer Erhöhung der Nachfrage nach Nahrungsmitteln, Baumaterial und Brennholz, die noch immer wichtigste Energiequelle zum Kochen mit einhergehender Degradierung, massiver Entwaldung sowie nachlassender Erhaltung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit und das Auslassen notwendiger Brachzeiten und Gründungen. Infolgedessen wurden den Böden über fünf Jahrzehnte mehr Nährstoffe entzogen als zugefügt, was zu einer Abnahme der Bodenfruchtbarkeit führte. Die Ernteerträge aller ein- und mehrjährigen Kulturpflanzen sind zurückgegangen und die Böden sowie die Vegetation der Hausgärten sind teilweise stark degradiert. Seitdem sind die Ernährungssicherheit und der Wohlstand der lokalen Bevölkerung sowie die für Tansanias Wirtschaft wichtigen Exporte von Bananen (Musa L.) und Kaffee (Coffea canephora L. var. robusta) aus der Kagera-Region gefährdet. Ziel dieser Dissertation war es, zu untersuchen, ob der jetzigen Degradierung der Hausgärten, die für die Ernährungssicherung der Bevölkerung entscheidend sind, durch eine erneute, stärkere und nachhaltige Einbindung organischer Abfälle entgegengewirkt werden kann und so wie einst multifunktionale, nachhaltige und fruchtbare Agroforstsysteme entstehen können. Dieses Ziel wurde in drei untergeordnete Ziele unterteilt: (1) das Verständnis des Ist-Zustandes des organischen Abfallmanagements im Forschungsgebiet, (2) die Untersuchung von Modifikationsmöglichkeiten für nachhaltige Bananen-Kaffee-basierte Agrarforstsysteme sowie (3) die Evaluierung der Optimierungsmöglichkeiten des organischen Abfallmanagements zur Steigerung der landwirtschaftlichen Produktion. Für jedes Ziel wurde eine Forschungsfrage entwickelt: (1) Inwieweit werden die organischen Abfälle bereits genutzt (Ist-Zustand) und kann abgeschätzt werden, ob das momentane Abfallmanagement ausreicht, um die Bodenfruchtbarkeit und die Produktion von Nahrungsmitteln und Energieträgern zu erhöhen und damit die Armut zu reduzieren; (2) Ob und wie das derzeitige Management organischer Abfälle verbessert werden könnte, um die Bodenfruchtbarkeit und die Biomasseproduktion zu erhöhen; (3) Ob und wie negative Nährstoffbilanzen in positive umgewandelt werden können, wenn das organische Abfallmanagement in den Anbausystemen optimiert und verbessert in den landwirtschaftlichen Stoffkreislauf integriert werden würde. Zur Beantwortung der ersten Frage wurden 150 kleinbäuerliche Haushalte zu ihrer aktuellen landwirtschaftlichen Produktion, der Verfügbarkeit und Aufbereitung von organischen Abfällen sowie deren Verwendung im Anbau der wichtigsten ein- und mehrjährigen Kulturpflanzen befragt. Die Befragung umfasste geografische und ökonomische Daten sowie haushaltsbezogene und landwirtschaftliche Informationen in Bezug auf den Wasser-Boden-Abfall-Nexus und den Wasser-Energie-Nahrungsmittel-Nexus. Mit den erhobenen Daten wurde eine expertenbasierte Typologie der befragten Haushalte erstellt, um diese nach ihrer Biomasseproduktion sowie der Nutzung von organischen Abfällen zu kategorisieren. Bezüglich der zweiten Frage wurden fünf Fokusgruppendiskussionen mit den Ausbildern und Ausbilderinnen einer lokalen Bauernschule durchgeführt, die in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten mehr als 700 kleinbäuerliche Haushalte in nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft schulten. Dabei wurde ebenfalls eine expertenbasierte Typologie der geschulten Haushalte erstellt. Beide Haushaltstypologien wurden hingehend ihrer Biomasseproduktion, organischen Abfallnutzung und Wohlstandes miteinander verglichen. Im Rahmen der dritten Fragestellung wurden die Nährstoffkreisläufe der Hausgärten von geschulten und nicht geschulten Bauernhaushalten analysiert. Dabei wurden folgende Szenarien berücksichtigt: S0: der normale Betrieb ohne Änderungen (Ist-Zustand); S1: die Nutzung von 80 % des verfügbaren menschlichen Urins; S2: die Einarbeitung von 0,5 Tonnen pro Jahr der krautigen Leguminosenart Crotalaria grahamiana in den Boden; S3: die Produktion von jährlich 5 Kubikmetern CaSa-Kompost, bestehend aus menschlichen Ausscheidungen und Biokohle, und dessen Ausbringung auf 600 Quadratmetern in den Hausgärten; und S4: eine Kombination aus S1, S2 und S3. Entsprechende Daten wurden der Literatur entnommen. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass die Einbindung organischer Abfälle auch in degradierten Bananen-Kaffee-basierten Anbausystemen noch immer eine Schlüsselrolle im Nährstoff- und Bodenfruchtbarkeitsmanagement spielt, jedoch zu einem niedrigeren Ausmaß als noch vor 50 Jahren. An Bedeutung verlor dabei auch die traditionelle Weitergabe des Wissens über Kompostierung durch erschwerte sozio-ökonomische Bedingungen. Generell wurde festgestellt, dass Kleinbauernfamilien, die organische Abfälle auf ihren Feldern ausbringen, höhere landwirtschaftliche Erträge erzielen. Das Potenzial zur Erhaltung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit wird dabei jedoch aktuell nicht vollständig ausgeschöpft, und nur ein Drittel der herkömmlichen kleinbäuerlichen Haushalte erzielt einen den Lebensumständen annähernd angemessenen Lebensunterhalt (Ist-Zustand). Ein weiteres Drittel der ungeschulten Haushalte nutzt organische Dünger zu einem geringeren Ausmaß und erzielt deswegen und wegen weiterer Schwächen im landwirtschaftlichen Management geringere Ernteerträge. Sie sind damit stärker armutsgefährdet als die erstgenannte Gruppe. Jedoch sind v. a. Haushalte, die von alleinerziehenden Frauen geführt werden (ebenfalls ein Drittel der befragten Haushalte), am stärksten von Ernährungsunsicherheit und Armut betroffen. Dabei spielen problematische, sozio-ökonomische Hintergründe eine erschwerende Rolle. Um das Ausmaß dieser Armutsspirale zu verringern, entwickelte eine lokale Bauernschule eine umfangreiche Ausbildung im Bereich nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft. Die erfolgreiche Implementierung der Ausbildung in die eigene Produktion hat die Lebensgrundlage von mindestens einem Drittel der geschulten Bauernhaushalte deutlich verbessert. Erfolgreich umgesetztes Wissen haben dazu geführt, dass degradierte Bananen-Kaffee-basierte Anbausysteme sich zunehmend zu multifunktionalen Agroforstsystemen entwickeln. Hierdurch hat sich nur für ein Drittel der ausgebildeten Bauern bereits die Lage signifikant verbessert. Ein weiteres Drittel befindet sich noch in dem Transformationsprozess. Ihre Erträge bleiben jedoch unter denen der ersten Gruppe. Die dritte Gruppe innerhalb der geschulten Bauernhaushalte konnte das erworbene Wissen wiederum nicht oder nur kaum in die Praxis umsetzen. Diese Gruppe bleibt in Bezug auf Ernährungssicherheit, Einkommens-diversifizierung und Zugang zu Bildung stark vulnerabel. Im Vergleich der Nährstoffbilanzen der Hausgärten zwischen den geschulten und den ungeschulten Bauernhaushalten zeigen erstere eher eine positive Nährstoffbilanz als letztere. Obwohl sich die Nährstoffbilanzen der Felder ungeschulter Haushalte unter allen Managementszenarien verbessern würden, würden sie jedoch noch negativ bleiben, insbesondere für Stickstoff. Darüber hinaus sind die Nährstoffkreisläufe in den Hausgärten aller Familien nicht geschlossen, da ein Großteil der Nährstoffe aus der Umgebung importiert wird, z. B. durch die Verwendung von Futtermittel aus dem umliegenden Grasland.:List of figures 7 List of tables 13 Abbreviations and acronyms 17 Units 20 Abstract 21 Zusammenfassung 23 1 Introduction 29 1.1 Problem identification and structure of this thesis 29 1.2 Study area 31 1.2.1 Environment 31 1.2.2 History and development of agriculture 37 1.2.3 Social, economic, and ecological challenges 44 1.3 Objectives 46 1.4 Research questions 47 1.4.1 The status quo of organic farm waste management 48 1.4.2 The transition towards multifunctionality 49 1.4.3 The optimisation of farm waste management 50 1.5 List of publications 53 2 Status quo of organic farm waste management 55 Highlights 55 Graphical abstract 56 Abstract 56 Keywords 57 2.1 Introduction 57 2.2 Background 59 2.2.1 The development of banana-coffee-based farming systems in Karagwe 59 2.2.2 The traditional role of organic farm waste 62 2.3 Materials and methods 63 2.3.1 Study area 63 2.3.2 Methods 65 2.4 Results 67 2.4.1 Farm household typology 67 2.4.2 Status quo of the farm waste management 72 2.4.3 Today's gender roles in agriculture 75 2.5 Discussion 78 2.6 Conclusions and recommendations 81 2.7 Declaration of competing interest 82 2.8 Acknowledgements 82 2.9 References 83 3 Traditional and adapted composting practices 91 Abstract 91 3.1 Introduction 92 3.1.1 Banana-coffee-based farming systems in the highlands of Tanzania 95 3.1.2 Composting practices 98 3.1.3 Traditional: In-situ and pit composting 100 3.1.4 Adapted: On-surface composting 101 3.2 Case studies 102 3.2.1 Traditional composting in the Kagera region 102 3.2.2 On-surface composting in the Morogoro region 104 3.3 Discussion 107 3.4 Conclusion 109 3.5 References 110 4 Transition towards multifunctional farming systems 115 Graphical abstract 115 Highlights 116 Abstract 116 Keywords 117 4.1 Introduction 117 4.2 Materials and methods 120 4.2.1 Study area 120 4.2.2 CaSa-compost 120 4.2.3 Data collection 121 4.2.4 Data analysis 124  4.3 Results 125 4.3.1 Group A: Successful farm households 126 4.3.2 Group B: Moderate successful farm households 134 4.3.3 Group C: Failing farm households 136 4.3.4 Remaining challenges and bottlenecks 138 4.4 Discussion 139 4.5 Conclusions and recommendations 143 4.6 Acknowledgements 144 4.7 References 145 5 Optimised nutrient management 155 Abstract 155 Keywords 156 5.1 Introduction 157 5.2 Materials and methods 158 5.2.1 Study area 158 5.2.2 Data 160 5.3 Results 175 5.4 Discussion 181 5.4.1 Methodology 181 5.4.2 Results 181 5.5 Conclusions and recommendations 186 5.6 Appendix A 188 5.7 References 192 6 Synthesis 199 6.1 Summary and discussion of the results 199 6.1.1 The status quo of organic farm waste management 199 6.1.2 The modification of traditional farm waste management 203 6.1.3 The optimisation of farm waste management 206 6.2 Relevance to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 208 6.3 Outline of a roadmap for the implementation of the SDG target 2.4 211 6.4 Limitations 215 6.5 Concluding discussion and recommendations 215 7 References 221 8 Appendix 233 8.1 Data set of smallholder farm households 233 Abstract 234 Keywords 235 8.1.1 Specifications table 235 8.1.2 Value of the data 237 8.1.3 Data description 237 8.1.4 Experimental design, materials, and methods 238 Ethics statement 240 Declaration of competing interest 240 Acknowledgments 240 References 240 8.2 Survey data 243 8.2.1 Meta data 243 8.2.2 Geographical data 245 8.2.3 Household information 251 8.2.4 Agricultural information 257 8.2.5 Economic data and Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus 285 8.2.6 Gender-specific distribution of tasks within the farming family 298