The town of Usa River lies on the banks of its namesake between Moshi and Arusha, Tanzania, home to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Usa River lies on the slopes of Kili’s lesser known neighbor, Mount Meru, which is home to one of Tanzania’s, and indeed Sub-Saharan Africa’s, largest concentrations of hillside and furrow irrigation schemes and individual farmers. Conflicts between local water users were becoming more common in the...
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