ABSTRACT Social security schemes are basically promoted to play a vital role to its members in terms of creating economic output, encourage investment for both formal and informal sector employees, promotes productivity, sustain economic activities and wage security. This study focused on the factors that influence enrolment to the NSSF among the informal sector employees in Tanzania. Specifically, this study addressed the challenges faced by informal sector employees in the National Social...
ABSTRACT A socio-economic survey through questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions and field observations were carried out to assess the impacts of climate change on coffee production in ten (10) wards of Karagwe District of northwestern Tanzania. Specific objectives underlying the study were to: (1) assess coffee production trend for the past 10 years from July 2003 to July 2013, (2) to identify and analyze impacts of climate change on coffee production among coffee producers in t...
ABSTRACT This study, was put in place in order to investigate on the effects of professional accounting development training on employees’ performance in Local Government Authorities by taking a case of Dodoma Municipality. The study indented to accomplish four research objectives, which were; to investigate how training of staff in accounting and auditing departments was conducted at Dodoma Municipality, to find out workers competence in terms of education and academic qualification, wit...
Abstract The objective of the study was to map sweet potato value chain linkages between actors, processes and activities in Tanzania. The study is cross sectional in design.The study was conducted in Shinyanga rural and Mwanza urban districts. The study used individual interviews, focused group discussions; review of relevant practical documents and discussions with key informants. A total of 150 actors in the value chain participated. Data collected was summarized using Statistical Packag...
Abstract The objective of the study was to map sweet potato value chain linkages between actors, processes and activities in Tanzania. The study is cross sectional in design.The study was conducted in Shinyanga rural and Mwanza urban districts. The study used individual interviews, focused group discussions; review of relevant practical documents and discussions with key informants. A total of 150 actors in the value chain participated. Data collected was summarized using Statistical Packag...
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...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the International Sourcing for Public Organizations in Tanzania: A case of College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka. It specifically aimed at first, assessing the attitude of public procurement department officials in Tanzania when sourcing internationally, and secondly, examining the key factors that drive public organizations in Tanzania to source internationally. The third objective was to assess the challenges facing Tanzanians‟ public organizations ...
ABSTRACT Community participation plays a vital role in the development of a society. This study attempts to assess the extent to which community participation has contributed to the implementation of agricultural policy in Morogoro Rural District. It focuses on the forms and extent of community participation in policy-making concerning agriculture in Morogoro, to further assess the effects of participation towards implementation of these agricultural policies. The main objective of this stud...
ABSTRACT Tanzanian smallholder farmers, lose up to 40% of their harvests due to poor handling and storage methods. Postharvest Losses (PHLs), are high for different crops, but are of particular concern for grains, especially cereal and pulses which form the base for food and income for the majority of households in the study area. The study objectives aimed at determining the adoption of different types of PHTs and PHPs used by farming households in Kongwa and Kondoa districts, by mapping ty...
ABSTRACT The study was focused on the assessment of the contribution of non-financial motivation in influencing retention of workers in higher learning institutions specifically in UDOM and LGTI. The study was aiming to identify non-financial incentives provided by Higher Learning Institutions to academic staffs, to analyse workers perception towards the effectiveness of the rules governing workers’ performance, and to examine the workers’ perception towards the financial factors influen...
Abstract Psychological interventions in relation to epilepsy are worthy of empirical investigation since there is broad agreement that the psycho-social problems of epilepsy are often more disabling than the seizure attacks. The present study using a controlled outcome design evaluated the efficacy of a 2-day psycho-educational program among patients with epilepsy in Nigeria. The psycho-educational program is the consequence of a two-stage study design, which set out to identify and evaluate ...
ABSTRACT The study attempted to assess the factors influencing job satisfaction among primary school Teachers in Dodoma Municipality. In Tanzania, the role that primary school teachers play in providing quality education has been recognized consistently in government documents. However, concerns about the quality of primary education in the country persist. One factor that has had a significant impact on education quality is job dissatisfaction among primary school teachers. The study was co...
Abstract This paper is on the rational choice theory and the choice of healthcare services for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. It focuses on the factors that influence or determine the choice malaria treatment using the rational choice theory as the basis. It was discovered that there were many determinants of what informs the maximum utility but it is all wrapped up in the organization of the health care system. Hence, in choosing treatment for malaria, factors like; perceived and actua...
ABSTRACT The Public sector is contributing much to the economic growth of any country thus it needs to be handled with care and improved at large. There is a problem of performance in these public sectors, especially in developing countries. Such problems are of two sides such as based on the economic situation of the Public sectors, employees and employers problems as a result that all parties have to collectively cooperate to overcome the problems within their workplaces so that to improve...
ABSTRACT: Over the years, media violence and its effects on children’s health and aggressive behaviour remain a puzzle to be solved in many urban centres of developing world. At different ages, children due to their exposure, watch, sight-see, read, play and understand videos, television, magazines, videogames and films in different ways and as such, mimic behaviour from media especially when such behaviour is presented in a simple and instructional manner. This paper examines the kind of m...