ABSTRACT The study investigated factors that influence the academic performance of students in the community and government built secondary schools in Mbeya municipality. The study, specifically assessed the adequacy of school inputs, examined the existing learning process in schools, compared students’ academic performance in form II and IV national examination results in 2006 - 2008 and explored peoples’ perceptions on community built secondary schools. This study adopted a cross-s...
ABSTRACT The continuous fall of maize production and non or low adoption of recommended maize production practices like fertilizer application in the Namtumbo District of Ruvuma Region have enhanced to conduct this study. The study investigated the adoption level and factors that influence the adoption of recommended fertilizer package (Phosphate, Nitrogen fertilizers and time of Nitrogen application) in the study area. The primary data were collected by the use of structured questionnaire fr...
ABSTRACT Gender inequalities are said to be a stumbling block to development efforts. Conversely inequalities are reported in many agricultural production and marketing. Therefore, understanding of gender participation differences within coffee production and marketing is important in promoting sustainable and equitable opportunities in agriculture. This study was set to assess gender inequalities in participation in coffee production and marketing in Kigoma district council. A cross-sectiona...
ABSTRACT The study assessed household vulnerability to food insecurity as locally perceived in Bahi district. It was based on the four randomly selected villages namely Mpamantwa, Ibihwa, Mnkola and Bahi Sokoni. Primary data were collected by interviewing 100 farming households, village elders, village leaders and Ward Agricultural Extension Workers. The study addressed the local perceptions of food security and vulnerability to food insecurity; characteristics of households vulnerable ...
ABSTRACT Specifically, the objectives of the study were to identify the commonly used extension-teaching methods by ALEOs, to examine criteria that ALEOs used to select certain extension-teaching methods, and to assess factors that hindered ALEOs to select certain extension methods. The population included all ALEOs working in the selected wards of Morogoro and Mvomero districts and smallholder farmers. Total numbers of respondents were 50 ALEOs, 25 from Mvomero and 25 from Morogoro Dis...
ABSTRACT Traditionally many NGOs have been supporting farmers to increase agricultural production, but farmers are facing another set of challenges especially of markets and marketing. Farmers are now expected to produce for market, but they lack access to reliable markets. Based on this ground, the study was conducted in communities of Mkuranga District to assess the role of NGOs in lobbying and advocacy for market access by smallholder farmers. The study objectives were: (i) to establish th...
ABSTRACT This study’s main objective was to assess small-scale chicken keeper‘s knowledge and practices in enhancing Household livelihood in Makurunge and Fukayosi wards in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania. The objective of the study was to determine chicken keepers’ knowledge on small-scale local chicken production, to identify local chicken keepers on management practices and to identify the relationship of socio-personal and socio-economic status of local chicken keeper’s knowledge and ...
BSTRACT This study was conducted within Geita District Council to find out factors influencing sustainability of improved technologies for pineapple production. Sustainability is the ability to maintain a certain status or process in existing systems, there are four types of sustainability human, social, economic and environmental. The overall objective was to establish factors influencing sustainability of improved pineapple production technologies by small scale farmers in Geita district. S...
ABSTRACT The importance of common bean in improving socioeconomic in the community is well known. There are different improved common bean production technologies introduced by both government and NGOs in Tanzania such fertilizer application especially DAP during planting. However, none or low adoption of recommended common bean production practices like recommended land preparation, seed selection, weed control, fertilizer application and harvesting method is reported everywhere. Cross secti...
ABSTRACT Alectra Vogelii (Alectra) (parasitic weed) damages cowpea in the semi-arid areas of Tanzania. Using the petri-dish technique, 14 genotypes from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria and four from Tanzania were assessed for ability to stimulate the germination of Alectra as a proxy for germination stimulant production using a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 replications. Overall 5, 6 and 7 genotypes were categorised as low, medium and high germi...
ABSTRACT Agriculture sector is underperforming in part because women, a crucial gender contributing to farming have no sufficient knowledge and skills. To generate interest in farming at an early age, teaching of agriculture was introduced to Kenyan secondary school education system. This study, done in Navakholo sub-County, sought to establish the proportion of women graduates of KCSE Agriculture subject involved in farming and their contribution to agricultural productivity. The aim was to ...
ABSTRACT Education for all is a global development need. Achievement of universal primary education is addressed by the second United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In a bid to achieve this goal, Kenya government initiated Free Primary Education (FPE) in January 2003. However, despite this effort, there has been educational wastage through declined enrolments and increased dropout rates, which are common phenomena in Kangeta Division, Igembe South District. The purpose of this st...
Abstract – The aim of this paper is to examine the perceptions of small-scale irrigation farmers (SSIFs) with regard to climate change and their adaptation strategies in terms of its effects. This study forms part of a broader regional project, namely the Southern Agricultural Africa Inter-Comparison and Improvement Project (SAAMIIP) on integrated regional climate assessment. In analysing the SSIF farm situation, meta-analysis was the selected methodological application. Farm-level data wa...
Abstract Extremely high temperatures and very low rainfall has been witnessed in Zimbabwe and this has been the evidence that has shown that climate change is taking place within the country. The Indaba Ward in Zvishavane District has got a population of 5067 people, 2307 men and 2660 women. These changes in climatic conditions have been witnessed specifically in agro-ecological regions 4 and 5 located and these changes have affected the sources of livelihood especially of the rural populati...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of unnational urban agricultural activities in emakhandeni high density suburb of balavayo and its periphery and their implications for climate change and global warning.