The Woody Weeds project tests different sustainable land management (SLM) practices for management of the invasive species Prosopis juliflora and Lantana camara. Among the practices is removal of Prosopis and establishment of grassland. In Kahe, near the town of Moshi in Tanzania, members of the Local Implementation Group (LIG) selected to test removal of Prosopis followed by intensive agriculture as SLM practice.

The test implementation is being done on a single area that was heavily infested with Prosopis, on which six plots were laid out that will each be cultivated by one of six farmers. Each farmer cleared the Prosopis on her or his piece of land and uprooted stumps from the field, followed by ploughing and land preparation for growing crops. A single well was dug from which all farms will be irrigated. All farming activities are closely monitored by two master students from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Kosei Masaka and Omega Kaaya, to document practice’s environmental and economic sustainability and its effectiveness in Prosopis control.