Effects Of Local Government In Promoting Food Security In Tanzania: A Case Of Manyoni District

ABSTRACT

This study was set to examine the effect of local Government of Tanzania in promoting food security at the household level a case study of Manyoni district. Specific objectives were to examine the strategy used by local government in promoting food security at the household‟s level, to determine the challenges facing local government in promoting food security to the household‟s level and to analyze the achievement of local government reached in promoting food security at household level. The sample size of the study was 100 comprising 50 participants from each village. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to draw the sample. Data were collected using questionnaires, observation, interviews and focus group discussion. Data were analyzed through (SPSS).The results revealed that 61% of the respondents increased production. In addition, there was evidence that despite the challenges such as poverty are associated with low household incomes, low education levels, poor working condition, unreliable rainfall and unreliable market. The study found that there was evidence of a significant relationship between poverty and size of landholdings. The study recommends that the persistence of food insecurity in Kilimatinde and Solya villages requires an implementation of the development program that will encourage the alleviation of food insecurity to the households. There is also a need for more education in order to encourage the households to engage in other non-farm employment than depending more on agriculture activities. Furthermore the study recommends that improvement of food security among the households level is the result of improved livelihood and increase in income of the people.