ABSTRACT Tobacco farming is well established as the traditional cash crop in Tabora region. However, in recent years, groundnut is one among the cash crops which have been introduced in the area as an alternative source of income for smallholder farmers. Using 2007/2008 cropping season survey and the data from 121 randomly selected smallholder farmers from three villages, this study provides a comparative economic analysis for tobacco and groundnut farming systems. The analysis of quantitati...
ABSTRACT With increasing population in the main consumption regions of Zambia, there is a persistent shortage in the supply of groundnuts especially in Lusaka and the Copperbelt regions. This is despite the major producing areas of Eastern and Northern regions having significant surpluses. This is a clear indication of market failure to stimulate groundnut production and distribution in addition to excessive price volatility, information asymmetry, and lack of organized and consistent markets...
ABSTRACT A comparative study on the contribution of dairy cattle and indigenous chicken projects on poverty reduction in the Tandahimba district was done in four villages of Tandahimba district. A sample size of 120 respondents 60 from dairy cattle and indigenous chicken projects and 60 out of the projects were selected and interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Data obtained from the study area were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Statistical Analysis...
ABSTRACT Vegetable production is of great importance in terms of nutrition improvement, income generation and food security. Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISNG) action research project actively integrates vegetable farming and marketing practices in order to reduce the vulnerability of indigenous populations of Babati district located in the Manyara region of Tanzania. In Tanzania smallholder vegetable famers receive asymmetrical and incomplet...
ABSTRACT Commercialization has potential of enabling rural households to advance in vegetable production through better access to financial services, and enriched market coordination and participation. In recent years, there have been efforts to boost vegetable commercialization particularly among smallholder female farmers in Kilifi County. Since risk attitudes vary from male to female farmers, the differences in risks and risk perceptions of farmers may in part explain the unwillingness of ...
ABSTRACT Change in the mode of pastoralist livelihood activities and resultant consequent activities have made pastoralist to move out of their traditional safety environment. Despite of pastoralist being exposed to HIV risk they are holding strong cultural practices some of which are HIV spread risk factors. The HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to grow with thousands of new infections occurring every day. Prevention remains the backbone of programs to curb the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and will be effe...
Abstract This research work was carried out to assess the effects of the Benue ADP’s cassava production technologies on the production and incomes of women farmers in Benue State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to identify and describe the cassava production technologies available in the study area; to describe the socio-economic characteristics o f cassava women farmers in the study area and determine their effect correspondents productivity and incomes; to determine and compa...
ABSTRACT A study was conducted in the Mufindi district to determine the production performance and contribution of dairy goats to the income of small-scale farmers. Purposive sampling was employed to select eight villages from five wards and a sample of 80 dairy goat farmers and another set of 80 non-dairy goat farmers. The farmers were individually interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Non-dairy goat farmers were included as a control to ascertain the effect of dairy goat productio...
ABSTRACT The kopjes of Serengeti National Park, can be considered to be an understudied ecosystem although harbours a diverse distinct flora and fauna; even basic information such as knowledge about the food of Agama mwanzae is unknown. Thus, the study involved the investigation of the spatial and seasonal variation of insect abundance and agama food intake in the grass plain kopjes of Serengeti National Park. The insects were sampled by pitfall, sweep net and tray traps monthly within one y...
ABSTRACT In developing countries like Tanzania, Draught Animal Power (DAP) technology could be appropriate technology which many farmers can afford as a first step from using a hand hoe before stepping forward for using a tractor in agricultural activities. This study intended to determine factors hindering the adoption of draught animal power innovation under Participatory Agricultural Development and Empowerment Project (PADEP) at Handeni district. Five villages were used to get a total of...
ABSTRACT The study to assess the economics of the Warehouse Receipts System (WRS) for cashew nut marketing was conducted in the Mtwara region, in southern Tanzania. Three districts namely: Masasi, Newala, and Nanyumbu were randomly selected. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect primary data from 90 farmers, 30 primary cooperative societies, three bank institutions, six exporters, six processors, and three input suppliers. Secondary data were secured from CBT, TANECU, MAMCU, MDC,...
ABSTRACT Sustainable use of forest resource products such as timber has been reported to produce different benefits, which enhance households’ income and reduce poverty. This study assessed the influence of timber trading on poverty reduction to the selected communities in Mufindi District, Tanzania and its contribution to district revenue. As well the study focused on the challenges and opportunities to timber trading in the study area. Structured questionnaires and checklist were the da...
ABSTRACT Despite that VTTP was introduced in Tanzania over two decades ago, there is inadequate information among the community members on its contribution of such projects to people’s livelihood and levels of participation. Inadequate rural transport infrastructure and lack of mobility pose constraints to rural development in SubSaharan Africa including Tanzania. Without physical access to various socioeconomic services, centres rural communities would have difficulties in obtaining healt...
ABSTRACT Tissue culture techniques have opened a new frontier in agricultural science for addressing food security and poverty issues. These techniques have involved development of suitable plant regeneration protocols that can reduce disease infestation by producing healthy plants rapidly and hence increase yields in Kenya. The current research focus in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) has been the development of transgenic sweet potatoes, with ability to resist viral diseases of whic...
ABSTRACT The future consumption and substitution of wood products in the building industry is not well analyzed and examined hence the demand for wood in the industry remain uncertain. The study on forecasting consumption and substitution of sawn wood in the building industry was carried out in Dar es Salaam city. Consumption forecasts of sawn wood for the years 2016, 2021 and 2026 were determined through the income elasticity of the demand forecasting model. The sampling unit was obtained f...