Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council

A dissertation submitted to the faculty of social science in partial/fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Master Degree of Science in Economic Policy and Planning of Mzumbe University

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Main Author: Peredius, Paul
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Language:English
Published: Mzumbe University 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4262
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spelling oai:null:123456789-6642024-04-20T17:12:22Z Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council Peredius, Paul Ginger productivity Gross Margin and Ordinary Least Square A dissertation submitted to the faculty of social science in partial/fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Master Degree of Science in Economic Policy and Planning of Mzumbe University The study investigated the determinants of ginger productivity in Tanzania; a case of Madaba District Council. A cross sectional research design was used; the sample size of 202 respondents was obtained through purposive and non-purpose sampling techniques. STATA version 14 and Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) and Excel software were used to analyze the data. The data indicated that ginger determinants involved in the model, it tell the variation obtained in ginger output or produce with the determinants of coefficient of R- squared which revealed that 60 per cent of the variables was explained by the model by itself. In nut shell, it can be concluded that large farm size, farmer`s experience, the education level from primary to diploma of the respondents, age and the use of extension services have significant effects on ginger productivity. The study also indicated that ginger farming was found to be profitable with the gross margin of 87% or 0.87 per acre/per annum. Finally, the study found that the determinants affecting ginger farming in the study area include; inadequate of capital, low price ranging from Tshs. 500 to Tshs. 1500 per one kilogram, unavailability of laborers, poor infrastructure, and ginger middlemen exploitation. Hence it is vital to raise public awareness on the potential for sector. It is recommended that the government should discourage the middlemen who buy ginger direct from the farmers by low price and starting the selling point which increase value addition, to enhance the use of extension services to ensure that ginger farmers in Madaba District have access to ginger improved seed and improved farm inputs, storage and marketing facilities, ginger farmers need to be assisted by providing the soft loans so that to enable them to enhance the area under ginger cultivation which will led to high yield Private 2024-04-17T10:08:54Z 2024-04-17T10:08:54Z 2019 Thesis APA http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4262 https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/664 en application/pdf Mzumbe University
spellingShingle Ginger productivity
Gross Margin and Ordinary Least Square
Peredius, Paul
Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council
title Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council
title_full Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council
title_fullStr Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council
title_short Analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in Tanzania: A case of Madaba district council
title_sort analysis of the determinants of dinger productivity in tanzania a case of madaba district council
topic Ginger productivity
Gross Margin and Ordinary Least Square
url http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4262
https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/664
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