The appeal was made by the vice-chancellor of the Sokoine University of Agricultural (SUA) Prof. Raphael Chibunda while inaugurating the annual staff sports and games tournaments known as Chibunda Cup.

Production of salt in mangroves in many areas is also not sustainable, because some of the owners of the salt ponds and local communities are not aware of the possible negative impacts of solar salt farming and the implications of their investments for the integrity of the mangrove ecosystem.

In the following video, Dr. Charles Kilawe of Sokoine University of Agriculture, features various stakeholders in northern Tanzania telling about the impacts of Prosopis Julifora on their livelihoods.