The Centre is located in Dodoma Municipality , Dodoma Region.  It is mandated to carry out research particularly to find out suitable species for afforestation in the semi arid zone of Dodoma, Singida and Manyara Regions.  After identifying suitable species and provenances, further investigations are made to determine management regimes including appropriate agroforestry technologies for specific areas.

The Centre is located in the Coast Region within the Ruvu North Forest Reserve some 60km West of Dar es Salaam city about 80m a.s.l.  Research activities for the centre cover the Eastern Zone <500m a.s.l within Coast, Dar Es Salaam , Lindi, Mtwara; and part of Morogoro Region. 

Major responsibilities to carry out research on tree species and provenancing suitable for afforestation along the coastal lowland (the larger part considered here is the area which lies <100m a.s.l.).

The governing factor in research direction is on stakeholders demand mainly on:

-          Soil conservation

-          Environmental conservation

-              Income generation (fuel wood, poles, timber etc)

-          Sustainable conservation of natural forests

-          Species suitable for different agroforestry technologies

-          Appropriate management regimes

Contact us through:

P.O. Box 30021
Kibaha – Tanzania
Tel: +255-732-926447
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Lushoto Silviculture Research Centre (LSRC)

The Centre is in Lushoto District, Tanga Region. It carries out forestry research under four departments namely; Forest Plantation Management and Agroforestry, Forest Ecology, Forest Genetics and Forest Protection.

Forest Plantation Management and Agroforestry is responsible for conducting research related to plantation forestry and agroforestry.

Forest Ecology mainly deals with research in Botany, Herbarium and Natural Forests .

Forest Genetics has two sections namely:  Seed and Nursery and Tree Breeding.  Seed and Nursery section is responsible for seed establishment of trials (species and provenances selection), collection, extraction, storage, distribution and raising of seedlings while Tree Breeding is responsible for trials maintenance, data collection and evaluation of trials.

Forest protection deals with research and consultancies on Entomology, Pathology and Fire Protection.

The Centre also has established a Desktop publishing unit with the objective of providing services related to typesetting, printing, and binding of documents.   The unit provides services to TAFORI itself, Government institutions and other private institutions including individuals.

Contact us through:

P.O. Box 95
Lushoto – Tanzania
Tel +255-27-2640032, +255-27-2645099, +255-27-2640167
E-mail: silvic_lushoto@yahoo.co.uk
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Malya Lake Zone Afforestation Research Centre

The Centre is located in the Lake Zone in Mwanza Region.  Its mandate is to carry out and coordinate all forest research activities in the Lake Victoria Basin (Lake Zone) of Tanzania .  The primary objective is to provide basic technical information on the best species and provenances suitable for Lake Zone. The centre has tree trial sites located in Mwanza, Shinyanga, Mara and Kagera Regions.

The centre has successfully contributed in scaling up of agroforestry activities and management of research trials at various research sites in the Lake Zone.  

Contact us through:

P.O. Box 1225
Shinyanga – Tanzania
Tel: +255-28-2763099, +255-28-276378
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Moshi Timber Utilisation Research Centre (MTURC)

Moshi Timber Utilization Research Centre (MTURC) is located in Moshi Municipality , Kilimanjaro Region.  MTURC is the only forest products research centre.  It is mandated to carry out forest utilization research and non wood forest products.  The centre’s main research activities cover wood structure, wood energy, wood chemistry, forest operations and timber engineering.

Contact us through:

P.O. Box 10
Moshi – Tanzania
Tel: +255-27-2751576
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Mufindi Pulpwood Research Centre (MPRC)

Mufindi Pulpwood Research Centre (MPRC) is one among the seven centres of the Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI).  The centre’s offices are situated in the largest Government Forest Plantation in Mufindi District, Iringa Region. The centre’s research caters for the Southern Highlands Regions namely:  Iringa, Mbeya Rukwa and Ruvuma . 

The centre has been in existence since 1951 and has the mandate to carry out research on;

-   Adaptive Pulp and Paper Research, development and application

-   Industrial plantation establishment and tending technique

-   Hydrology of plantations and natural forests

-   Forest pests and diseases, detection and control.

In addition, the centre offers consultancy services to private firms and individuals.

Contact us through:

P.O. Box 45
Mafinga – Tanzania 
Tel: +255-762-415380 
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Miombo Woodland Research Centre (MWRC-TABORA) 

It is located at Cheyo “A” street, Tabora Municipality in Tabora Region.  Generally the centre lies approximately within 1200m a.s.l. and it experiences warm climate accompanied by unimodal rainy season.

The Centre takes care of the globally recognized ecosystem, the Miombo Woodlands and it is mandated to conduct and coordinate forestry research activities that focus mainly on conservation and sustainable management of the resources in miombo woodlands in Tabora and Kigoma Regions.

Contact us through:

P.O. Box 1960
Tabora – Tanzania
Tel: +255-26-2604540