Ruth Smith and Susannah Sallu (University of Leeds) organised a two-day ‘Research into Practice’ workshop in Muheza District, Tanga Region, Tanzania. The workshop was co-funded by Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and organised together with local NGO the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG).

The objective of the workshop was to a) share and critically engage with the outcomes of 8 years of University of Leeds-led research (including FoSTA-Health and AFRICAP) on climate change resilience, agricultural development and conservation-climate-development programming in the Amani-Nilo landscape, and b) co-develop ways forward to achieve more inclusive, equitable and sustainable benefits from programmes.

The participants included village, ward and district leaders, together with local NGOs, private sector business, research. There was also local community representation through the FoSTA-Health Tanzania photovoice group.

Day 2 included a Photovoice exhibition where the group had the opportunity to share their photos, stories and photovoice experience with local leaders. Insights from the workshop will inform the remainder of the research on livelihood aspirations and gender dynamics, markets and governance in emerging value chains - with particular emphasis on spices in the region.