Faustin Peter Maganga
Tanzanian
Arusha, Tanzania
22 September 1954
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1996 - Ph.D. (Geography & International Development Studies), Roskilde University,
Denmark
1991 - M.Sc. (Policy Analysis, Rural & Urban Planning), University of Zimbabwe,
1990 - M.A. (Development Studies), University of Dar es Salaam .
1986 - Certificate in Informatics, University of Dar es Salaam
1982 - B.A. (Hons), University of Dar es Salaam
Dr. Maganga’s main areas of competence include Social Analysis of Development Projects;
Common Property Resource Management; Institutional Aspects of Natural Resource
Management; Beneficiary Assessments and Management of Resource Use Conflicts. He was closely involved in monitoring and evaluating MEMA and UTUMI projects in Iringa and
Lindi regions respectively. He also participated in Formulation and Review of the MEMA
Project; conducted a Beneficiary Assessment of the same project, before undertaking a 5month Socio-Economic Study of the UTUMI Project. He also participated in the Formulation of Danida PFM Component in 2002, and in 2004 he was involved in a review of royalty and revenue collection system for forest products in Lindi region. Since April 2003, Dr. Maganga has been the Regional Resource Person (Natural Resource Management) for Eastern and
Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis based in Entebbe Uganda, responsible for backstopping the ASARECA-ECAPAPA NRM Project on Conflict
Minimizing Strategies in 10 Eastern and Central African countries. He is also the team leader of a DFID-funded research project on Implications of Customary Laws for Implementing
Integrated Water Resource Management, which covers Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South
Africa.
2004 - Senior Consultant PEMConsult East Africa. Conducting consultancy and research on Natural Resource Management.
2003 -
1996 -
Regional Resource Person (Natural Resource Management), Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis, Entebbe.
Backstopping the ASARECA-ECAPAPA NRM Project on Conflict
Minimizing Strategies.
Senior Research Fellow , Inst. of Resource Assessment (IRA), Univ. of Dsm.
Conducting research and other assignments related to Natural Resource
Management, Agricultural Systems, Baseline Surveys and Supervision of
Postgraduate Students. Teaching and Supervision: M.A. Geography &
Environmental Management
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1996 - 1999 SASA Research Fellow , Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen
Project on Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Through Local
Institutions , responsible for sub-project on Resource Conflicts and Conflict
Management .
1992 - 1996 Guest Researcher , Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen
PhD Studies (RUC) Research Project on The Role of Local-Level Institutions in Natural Resource Management.
1990- 1992 Research Fellow , Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dsm.
Responsibilities: Conducting research and other assignments related to
Natural Resource Management, and supervision on undergraduate students.
1987-1990 Assistant Research Fellow , Institute of Resource Assessment
Conducting research and other assignments related to Natural Resource
Management and supervision of undergraduate seminars.
1982-1987 Tutorial Assistant , Institute of Resource Assessment
Assisting senior researchers and conducting undergraduate seminars
1980-1982 Senior Library Assistant , University of Dar es Salaam
Library cataloguing and classification
1976-1980 Library Assistant Grade I, University of Dar es Salaam
Assisting senior librarians to catalogue and classify materials
2004 Danida and PEM Consult East Africa
Review of the Present Royalty and Revenue Collection System for Forest
2003
2003
2002
2001
Products in Lindi Region, Tanzania.
Danida and PEM Consult East Africa
Project Identification and Formulation: Danida Assistance to Refugees in
Kagera and Kigoma Regions, Tanzania.
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, ASDP
(Team Leader) Study on Institutional Arrangements and Capacity Assessment of Public Sector Agricultural Extension.
Danida and COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners A/S
2002
(Soborg, Denmark): MEMA Projects.
Beneficiary Assessment of MEMA (Natural Woodland Management and
Udzungwa Mountains Forest Project).
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Morogoro
Diocese.
(Team Leader) Planning Sustainable Livelihoods for Livestock Keepers in
2002
Morogoro Region.
Danida and Nordic Consulting Group A/S, (Taastrup,
Denmark).
Component Formulation: Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania.
2001 -2002 Danida and Ornis Consult A/S (Copenhagen), Lindi Socio-Economic
Studies
Socio-Economic and Baseline Studies for Village-Based Forest and Woodland
Management Project in Lindi Region, Tanzania.
Danida and Hedeselskabet Forest and Landscape (Viborg,
Denmark),
Review and Formulation for Phase 2 of the DANIDA-funded
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MEMAProjects.
TANESCO and NORPLAN, AS, (Oslo, Norway): Lower Kihansi
Hydropower Project: Preparation of the Kihansi Area Management Plan.
DFID and Hunting Technical Services Ltd (UK), SMUWC Project,
Usangu Plains
Consultancy on Resource Conflicts and Conflict Resolution on the Usangu
Plains.
ADB and DANAGRO Adviser, AS, (Glostrup, Denmark),
Madibira Rice Project
Rural Sociologist, Madibira Smallholder Agricultural Development Project, responsible for baseline survey of project villages, and developing work plans for sociological studies in the project.
DANIDA Water Project, Dar es Salaam: Roles and Responsibilities in
Rural Water Supply
Consultancy on Roles and Responsibilities of User Groups, Local
Government, Local Institutions, Regional Authorities, Central Government and the Private Sector in Rural Water Supply in Tanzania.
Danida and PEMCONSULT (Copenhagen, Denmark): Traditional
Irrigation
Formulation Mission for Support to Traditional Irrigation in Tanzania.
World Bank/DANIDA: Local Level Land and Water Resources
Management
Consultancy on Local Informal Land and Water Management Systems in the
Ruaha River Basin.
SNV, Netherlands Development Organization.
Consultancy on the Profile of Mlali Division, Mpwapwa District.
Danida and DENCONSULT (Aalborg, Denmark) Rural Water
Supply
Consultancy on Sustainability of DANIDA Bilateral Development
Projects/Programmes - the Rural Water Supply Programme in Iringa, Mbeya and Ruvuma
Low Cost Sanitation Unit, Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals .
Consultancy on Sanitation Needs Assessment in Arusha and Tanga
Municipalities.
NORAD/RUDEP: Rural Transportation
Consultancy on animal-drawn Transport in Rukwa Region.
1988
2003 IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development
Voices From the South: The Role of Civil Society in Linking Biodiversity
2003
Conservation and Poverty Reduction : A collaborative research project involving the IRA and the International Institute for Environment and
Development.
DFID, Engineering Knowledge and Research Project
( Team Leader ): Implications of Customary Laws for Implementing Integrated
Water Resource Management in Southern Africa: A collaborative research project involving the IRA, Faculty of Law (UDSM), and the Natural Resources
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Institute, UK, and the International Water Management Institute (Pretoria).
WARFSA, Water Research Fund for Southern Africa
( Team Leader ) Implications of Customary Laws for Implementing Integrated
Water Resource Management : A collaborative research project involving the
Institute of Resource Assessment, Faculty of Law (UDSM), and the Natural
Resources Institute, UK (Team Leader).
DANIDA, SANTREN Programme
Integrated Coastal Zone Management – the Case of Lake Nyasa : Part of the activities of the project Capacity Building on the Environment, of the Southern
African Network for Training and Research on the Environment (SANTREN ).
ENRECA Programme, University of Dar es Salaam
Research on Changes in Land and Water Management in Irrigated Areas of
Tanzania, with Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam (Team Leader).
IIED, (UK), Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health
Research on Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health , with the
International Institute for Environment and Development and other research partners in Kenya and Uganda. (Trained research assistants and prepared document on the history and impact of water development policies, programmes and institutions since independence).
1996 – 1999 SASA Research Programme (CDR, Denmark) : Sustainable Management of Natural Resources through Local Institutions
Responsible for researching resource conflicts and conflict management in
Ismani area, Iringa Rural District, and Usangu Plains, Mbarali District. Also
1993
1992-96 co-ordinated the Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Tanzania and edited the volume resulting from the proceedings (See Boesen, Kikula and
Maganga, 1999 under publications, below).
IRA/SOAS Food Systems Under Stress Project.
Research on Household Food Security in Magindu Village (Coast
Region), Tanzania - Responsible for tenure aspects.
Danida Fellowship
1990-91
1990
1989
1988
PhD Research on the Role of Local-Level Institutions Natural Resource
Management .
UNRISD (Geneva) Deforestation Study
Research on Social Dynamics of Deforestation in Tanzania - for
UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
World Resources Institute (Washington): NRM
Research on Community Initiatives in Natural Resource Management
(Rukwa Region).
University of Zimbabwe: Development of Rural Water Supplies
Research on Socio-economic Aspects of Rural Water Development in
Arusha Region. For MSc dissertation.
University of Dar es Salaam: Integrated Rural Development
Research on Integrated Rural Development in Rukwa and Tanga
Regions. For MA dissertation
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Edited volume
1999 Boesen, J.; I.S. Kikula and F.P. Maganga (eds.) Research on
Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Tanzania , Dar es Salaam University
Press.
Journal articles and book chapters
2004 Maganga, F.P; H.L. Kiwasila; I.H. Juma and J.A. Butterworth
“Implications of Customary Norms and Laws for Implementing IWRM:
Findings from Pangani and Rufiji River Basins, Tanzania”,
Physics and
Chemistry of the Earth 29: 1335-1342.
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2003
2002
2002
Maganga, F.P. “Incorporating Customary Laws in Implementation of
IWRM: Some Insights from Rufiji River Basin, Tanzania”,
Physics and
Chemistry of the Earth, 28: 995 - 1000.
Maganga, F.P. “The Interplay Between Formal and Informal Systems of Managing Resource Conflicts: Some Evidence From South Western
Tanzania”, European Journal of Development Research , Vol. 14 No. 2.
Maganga, F.P. “Between Customary and Statutory Systems – Striking the Right Balance in Integrated Water Resources Management”,
Den Ny
2002
2001
1999
1999
Verden , 2002.4 (In Danish).
Maganga, F.P.; J. Butterworth and P. Moriarty: “Domestic Water
Supply, Competition for Water Resources and IWRM in Tanzania: A Review and Discussion Paper”,
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 27: 919 – 926.
Maganga, F.P. and C. Sokoni: “Technology Generation and
Dissemination in Kagera Agriculture and Environment Project”, http:/www.cdr.dk/atp
Boesen, J; F.P. Maganga and R. Odgaard: “Norms, Organizations and
Actual Practices in Relation to Land and Water Management in Ruaha River
Basin, Tanzania”In TiiaRiita Granfelt (ed):
Managing the Globalized
Environment , London, Intermediate Technology Publications.
Maganga, F.P. “Researching Land Conflicts and Channels of Conflict
Resolution: Some Insights from Babati District, Tanzania”
In J. Boesen, I.S.
Kikula and F.P. Maganga (eds.) Research on Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-
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Arid Tanzania , Dar es Salaam University Press.
Maganga, F.P. Indigenous Knowledge and Irrigation Development in
Tanzania: Experiences , from Msanzi, Nyeregete and Musa Mwijanga
Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems, http:/www.cdr.dk/ssc.
Maganga, F.P. "Training researchers in Tanzania: the experience of the
University of Dar es Salaam", In Thulstrup, E. and H. Thulstrup (eds)
Research Training for Development - Proceedings of a Conference on
Research Training for Countries with Limited Research Capacity , pp. 289-
301, Roskilde, Roskilde University Press.
Maganga, F.P. "Perspectives on local resource management: some critical issues in Babati District, Tanzania", In Marcussen H. ed. Institutional issues in natural resources management , pp.181-199. Roskilde: International
Development Studies, Roskilde University.
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1992 Maganga, F.P. "Conducting rural appraisals in Tanzania: problems and prospects", Frivillig , December 1992, pp.20-24.
Consultancy reports
2004 Carlsen, J. and Maganga. Review of the Present Royalty and Revenue
Collection System for Forest Products in Lindi Region, Dar es Salaam, Danida
2003 and Forestry and Bee-Keeping Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and
Tourism.
Study on Institutional Arrangements and Capacity Assessment of
Public Sector Agricultural Extension, Dar es Salaam, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Agricultural Sector Development Programme.
2002
2002
2002
2001
2000
Maganga, F.P. and R. Odgaard Planning and Implementing Community
Based Forest Management in Kilwa and Lindi Districts , Report Submitted to
Danida.
Maganga, F.P. Planning Sustainable Livelihoods for Livestock Keepers in Morogoro Region , Report Prepared for Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Tanzania, Morogoro Diocese.
Rasmussen, S.S.; S.D. Rasmussen; N.K. Pallangyo and F.P. Maganga:
Beneficiary Assessment of MEMA (Natural Woodland Management Project and Udzungwa Mountains Forest Management Project) , Copenhagen,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida.
Kihansi Area Conservation Plan. Final Report.
Prepared for
NORPLAN A/S, by Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es
Salaam.
Maganga, F.P. Resource Conflicts and Conflict Resoultion on the
Usangu Plains, Consultancy Report Submitted to Hunting Technical Services
1999
1990
1989
Ltd.
Maganga, F.P. Madibira Smallholder Agricultural Development
Project Baseline Survey of the Project Villages , Consultancy Report to
Danagro A/S.
With M. R. Mujwahuzi: Domestic Water Use and Environmental Health in
Tanzania: Historical Analysis and the Impacts of water Development Policies,
Programmes and Institutions Since Independence , Consultancy Report to the
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
With M. R. Mujwahuzi: Pre-Study on Roles and Responsibilities of User
Groups, Local Government, Local Institutions, Regional Authorities, Central
Government and the Private Sector in Rural Water Supply in Tanzania.
Consultancy Report to DANIDA Water Project, Dar es Salaam.
With PEMConsult: Support to Traditional Land and Water Management in
Tanzania , Consultancy Report to Danida.
With J. Carlsen, B. Madsen, H. Soerensen, P. Ward and H. Kiwasila.
Sustainability of DANIDA bilateral development projects/programmes: a pilot study of the Rural Water Supply Programme in Iringa, Mbeya and Ruvuma
Regions, Tanzania . Report for DANIDA, Copenhagen.
With H. Kiwasila and C.G. Mung'ong'o. Needs assessment study in Tanga and
Arusha Municipal Council Areas concerning on-site sanitation.
Report to the
Low Cost Sanitation Unit, Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals.
With A.S. Kauzeni and H.L. Kiwasila. Pilot study on socio-economic
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1988 aspects of rural water development in two villages each, in Mbulu and
Monduli Districts. Report to the Water Master Plan Coordinating Unit,
Ministry of Water, Dar es Salaam.
Maganga, F.P. Animal-drawn transport in Rukwa Region.
Consultancy report to RUDEP, Sumbawanga.
Network on Custom and Conflict in Land and Water Management in Africa, Copenhagen
Agricultural Technology and Poverty Forum, CDR, Copenhagen
International Association for the Study of Common Property
National Geographic Association, Washington D.C.
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