Introducing the Camel into the Drylands of Tanzania

The development objective is to attain a sustainable land use system in the drylands of Tanzania which would safeguard the regeneration capability of the natural resources. The immediate objectives are 1.To make the Kaasai pastoralists Get acquainted with the skills of camel keeping 2. To introduce a herd of about twenty camels from Kenya after investigating into the appropriate 3. Breeds for the Tanzanian environmental conditions, to train maasai herders on camel keeping and enable the trainees to procure camels at favourable conditions.