ABSTRACT This study examined the contribution of oil palm farming to poverty reduction for small scale farmers in Kigoma Rural District, Tanzania. Specifically, the study identified different sources of income among small scale farmers; compared poverty levels between small scale oil palm farmers and non-oil palm farmers and examined the challenges which small scale farmers face. The study employed descriptive survey design (cross-sectional), whereby 50 respondents in the category of small sc...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the impact of climate variability and change on livelihood of the Barbaig community in Hanang District, Manyara region, Tanzania. Three research objectives guided the study. Firstly, to examine the Barbaig pastoral community knowledge and experience on climate variability and change. Secondly, to establish the effects of climate variability and change on the livelihood of pastoral community in the study area. Thirdly, to identify strategies used to adopt and mitig...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the contribution of women involved in handcraft to household living standard in Wete District in Pemba. Surveys show that there are a large number of women involved in handcraft in Wete district, especially in Wete town, but their contribution to household living standard is not recognized. The Study used feminist theory and economic growth theory. The study used qualitative and quantitative research approaches to guarantee dependability of the findings. For the p...
ABSTRACT This study, aimed at examining the role played by community in public water projects. By analyzing the contribution provided by people, in participating on water projects the study also intended to identify factors which in one way or another could influence and hence, impact on the level of community participation as well as their contribution in those projects. The study was conducted at Kiwalani Ward of the Ilala district in Dar es Salaam region July, 2015. A cross-sectional resea...
ABSTRACT The Namibian government has taken cognisance of the importance of mainstreaming gender at the institutional level. In efforts to promote gender mainstreaming, its cabinet directed all government offices, ministries and agencies (OMAs) to comply with the Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) initiative, in 2014. The implementation of the GRB initiative requires all OMAs to have Gender Focal Point Persons (GFPPs) in all government institutions, specifically responsible for ensuring that g...
ABSTRACT The specific objective of the study were to find out the role of Village Development Committees, to examine the operations of Village Development Committees and to assess the performance of Village Development Committees in Kilombero District Council. Literature review, questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussion and field site visits were used in collecting data. Data were analyzed into simple descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program ...
ABSTRACT There are limited employment opportunities in formal sectors in Africa and Tanzania in particular, and that the number of people engaged in informal sectors as daily source of income generation is increasing. In addition informal sector consists of small scale units engaged in production and distribution of goods and services with the primary objective of generating income. This study was conducted to examine how mobile phone vending services contribute to poverty reduction among mob...
ABSTRACT There are limited employment opportunities in formal sectors in Africa and Tanzania in particular, and that the number of people engaged in informal sectors as daily source of income generation is increasing. In addition informal sector consists of small scale units engaged in production and distribution of goods and services with the primary objective of generating income. This study was conducted to examine how mobile phone vending services contribute to poverty reduction among mob...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to assess the impact of cloves production for the sustainable livelihood of people of Pemba. Generally, the study intended to analyse the impact of cloves production in area of study, to identify contribution of cloves production in livelihood of people, to examine towards the problems of cloves production in livelihood of people of Pemba. The study involved 90 respondents who were selected using simple random sampling. Primary data were collected using interv...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the contribution of food vending in improving the livelihood of women vendors in Dodoma Municipality specifically at Majengo and Viwandani wards. The study focused on identifying the factors influencing women involvement in food vending activities in the study area, determining the contribution of food vending to poverty reduction by women at the household level, and identifying factors affecting the performance of food vending activities in the study area. Data ...
ABSTRACT Embryo and/or caryopsis morphology in 27 species in 22 genera of danthonioid grasses is reinvestigated for use in a phylogenetic study. Embryo characters are too conservative to reveal phylogenetic relationships among the tribes of the Arundinoideae. However, data presented here and in the literature are used to show that embryo data are useful at subfamily and higher level and shown to be largely consistent with phylogenetic hypotheses generated with molecular data. Caryopsi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the social-economic impacts of domestic violence on women particularly in Karagwe District Council. The study used cross-sectional research design where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were employed. A sample of 84 respondents was identified using purposive and random sampling. Data was collected through questionnaire, observation and interviews, while analysis was done using Statistical Package in Social Sciences (Version 16.0). Findings revealed...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted with the main objective of examining the challenges of parents-children communication on sexual and reproductive health issues. This cross-sectional descriptive study design included a sample of 160 students aged from 13-19, 10 parents, two teachers and one health professional drawn from premises of Mbezi and Tegeta in Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to collect data whereby the que...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to assess the contribution of mixed farming to food security and nutrition at household level, Bambi and Dunga were taken as case study. It is crucial to conduct this type of research since there are few researches conducted concerning mixed farming agriculture. Data were collected using questionnaires, interviews and observation from 107 respondents that included officials from Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, local citizens, agricultural officers and v...
ABSTRACT Poor livelihood of the youth in Tanzania has been a major challenge particularly in Mererani, indeed the rapid growth of the labour force and in ability of the economy of the country has pressed youth to move to the Small Scale Mining. This study is therefore designed to assess the Economic Contribution of Small Scale Mining on Youth in Mirerani- Sumanjiro. Specifically the study aimed at: identifying the main economic activities of youth in Mererani mining area, examining the ca...