Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania
A dissertation submitted to the school of Business in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of Master of Business Administration in Corporate Management (MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University
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| spelling | oai:null:123456789-15952024-10-31T09:19:20Z Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania Elly, Nickson Agricultural market information Small scale farmers in Tanzania Economic development A dissertation submitted to the school of Business in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of Master of Business Administration in Corporate Management (MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University Agriculture is the foundation of Tanzanian economy, which accounts for more than one-quarter of GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs about 80% of the work force. Despite this strategic importance, agriculture in Tanzania faces a number of challenges, one of such challenges being limited market access, largely attributed to lack of access and use of market information by commodity chain actors, farmers being the most disadvantaged group. A study was conducted with an aim to assess the accessibility and contribution of agricultural marketing information to the income of small scale farmers in Tanzania. The agricultural marketing information referred during this study are information on prices for the produce cultivated, information of traders who need farm crops (demand information), information on agricultural loan and information about extension services A sample of 215 farmers from three villages which are Nyandira in Mvomero district of Morogoro region, Kinole village in Morogoro rural district of Morogoro region and Kibaigwa in Kongwa district of Dodoma region were used during this study. These farmers were categorized in three groups basing on the locations and crops produced which are vegetables, fruits and cereals. Secondary data was collected through documentary review while primary data was collected using questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data. Data from questionnaire was coded and analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS). Generally the findings from the study indicate that agricultural marketing information are less accessible to farmers, 51.8% of the sample shown that they poorly access agricultural marketing information. Assessing accessibility of agricultural marketing information basing on location and among producers of vegetable, fruits and cereals, findings of the study indicate that there is a significance difference in accessibility of agricultural marketing information among farmers who are located in different areas. Generally results of the study indicate that farmers who have access to agricultural marketing information have been increasing the production and sales volume of the crops but also selling their crops at relatively higher price. Findings shows that access to agricultural marketing information contribute to the increase of income for farmers. Findings show that agricultural marketing information is a requirement for farmers in the village, in order to improve accessibility of this information to farmers, the government and private sector need to introduce, sensitize and promoted Market information systems in villages where farmers live. Private 2024-10-31T09:19:16Z 2024-10-31T09:19:16Z 2014 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1595 en application/pdf Mzumbe University |
| spellingShingle | Agricultural market information Small scale farmers in Tanzania Economic development Elly, Nickson Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania |
| title | Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania |
| title_full | Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania |
| title_short | Agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in Tanzania |
| title_sort | agricultural market information accessibility and contribution to economic development of small scale farmers in tanzania |
| topic | Agricultural market information Small scale farmers in Tanzania Economic development |
| url | https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1595 |
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