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Among the ways to increase and promote various publications and information in any Library, receiving gifts or support is one of the main ways apart from buying

Recently former employee at Sokoine Agricultural University (SUA) Prof. Aida C. Isinika who was at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) & CoEBS and who has done a lot of consulting work in the agriculture and development sector has gifted the Sokoine National Agricultural Library (SNAL) about 230 books and thus increasing the number of publications in that library.

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Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MoEST) has set aside 1 billion in the budget of 2022/23 to incentivize the best researchers in Tanzania who will publish in reputable and outstanding journals with the highest impact factor. An incentive of 50 million shillings will be given  to science and medical researchers who will be able to publish the results of their research in the highest-ranking journals in the world. Therefore, MoEST expect to incentivize 20 winners of this award for the best researchers. Our simple analysis has shown that Tanzania researchers have published 25 jointly journal papers with other collaborators found in different countries. For more information please follow the link below

https://www.moe.go.tz/sw/article/shilingi-bilioni-moja-kutolewa-kwa-watafiti-profmkenda

More than twenty news articles are featuring on ScienceDaily. Science Daily is one among the prestige web portal publishing success story from outstanding researches around the globe. Thus, ScienceDaily features breaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more from leading universities, scientific journals, and research organizations.

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In order to obtain the list of success stories featured on Science Daily, we have searched the ScienceDaily portal with keywords: SUA and Sokoine Unversity of Agriculture. Also, we have searched the names of the top 600 ranked researchers on Google Scholar.

Results
We have found that there are 24 news articles featuring SUA researchers on ScienceDaily.
SUA is proud for the achievement of our researchers with their collaborators whose project success stories are featuring on ScienceDaily. Some of the featured stories are published after outstanding research being published in journals with high impact factor.

For more information, read the below articles from ScienceDaily:

2021 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210615132311.htm
2020 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200824105611.htm
2020 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200304141623.htm
2019 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191112130405.htm
2019 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021135029.htm
2018 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180514185922.htm
2018 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180607141050.htm
2018 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180409103837.htm
2017 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170421103720.htm
2017 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170802134803.htm
2016 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826110740.htm
2016 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160412160340.htm
2016 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160615102429.htm
2016 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160128082701.htm
2015 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150224083710.htm
2015 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150116085556.htm
2015 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151203150133.htm
2014 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141113141816.htm
2014 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141028082632.htm
2011 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110628132601.htm
2011 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111228134844.htm
2007 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071129121123.htm
2007 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070227105850.htm
2004 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041012094308.htm

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MATI – ILONGA STUDENTS ADVISED TO USE AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION RESOURCES FROM SNAL

Students from Ministry of Agriculture Training Institute (MATI – Ilonga) have been advised to have the culture of reading and search for wide knowledge in various agriculture produce and practices. This will not only help them to excel as subject matter experts (SMEs) but also in future they can have self-employment and become next millionaires. This dream can become true if they learn how to apply different best agricultural techniques and adopt innovative and proven agriculture technologies documented into different booklets available at Mkulima collection – SUA.

The advice was given by the Director of Sokoine National Agricultural Library – SNAL Prof. Camilius Sanga when he was talking to them during the visitation at Ministry of Agriculture Training Institute – MATI-Ilonga, Kilosa in Morogoro region.

They were also advised that since they are into agriculture fields by reading and research they can become good writers in various agricultural practices and contribute in building the agricultural information resources by adding them into Mkulima Collection.

Photo: students listening to the presentation made by Mr. Jabir Jabir from SNAL

The visits was done on 14 June 2022 as a continuing series of meetings with agricultural based institutes, community based groups or association and telecentres or information centers. This is a SNAL mission on marketing the research outputs from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Sokoine National Agricultural Library. These research outputs are in form of electronic resources available at our Institutional Repositories (SUAIR & TACCIRE & Mkulima Collection).

During the presentation students and their instructors were keen to listen to the presentations and asked various general questions (i.e. frequent asked questions – FAQs) regarding to the access to information from SNAL for their academics but also specific questions related to agricultural information needs.

MATI – Ilonga has a total of three hundred eight two (382) students. The female are two hundred and ten (210) while males are one hundred and seventy two (172). The institute provides Certificate program in general agriculture as well Diploma program in the fields of general agriculture, food production and human nutrition.

MATI- Ilonga was officially inaugurated on September 17th 1972 by the late father of the Nation Hon. Julius Kambarage Nyerere. The institute provides a two year Certificate program in general agriculture as well as, a Diploma program in the fields of general agriculture, food production and human nutrition. Short courses are also offered to farmers, extension workers and other clients as well.

 Prof. Sanga emphasizes a point when he was talking to MATI-Ilonga students in Kilosa, Morogoro