ABSTRACT Soil erosion has continued to be an alarming problem in the West Usambara Highlands, Tanzania. This study was conducted to investigate the level of adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies and crop productivity in the West Usambara highlands following intensive campaigns on SWC from the early 1980s. A sample of 98 randomly selected households from four villages responded to the survey. During data collection, a structured questionnaire survey, interviews, focus group discussions a...
ABSTRACT Despite several campaigns that have been conducted for HIV/AIDS reduction and the knowledge about HIV/AIDS people have from campaigns and seminars, the rate of HIV infection is still high due to risky sexual behaviour among sexually active adults who include secondary school students. Therefore, the broad objective of this study was to determine the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour among secondary school students in Tanzania. The specific objectives were to assess...
ABSTRACT Community participation in development projects is currently more emphasized by the Government of Tanzania in order to enable local people participate in all project stages. The overall purpose of this study was to examine the community participation in implementation of the District Agriculture Sector Investment Project (DASIP) in Shinyanga District Council. Specifically, the study sought to: (a) identify socioeconomic characteristics of households associated with community partici...
ABSTRACT The overall purpose of the study was to determine the competence needs of extension agents for agricultural adaptation to climate change. Specifically, the study sought to ascertain the knowledge level of extension personnel on climate change; ascertain perceived roles of extension in agricultural adaptation; identify perceived competence needs of extension agents for agricultural adaptation; determine factors militating against competence building of extension agents for agricultur...
ABSTRACT International donors have played a significant role in development projects in Tanzania; they have assisted community/government to implement sectoral system reform. The purpose of this study was to assess sustainability of Farmer Groups Investment SubProjects in Morogoro District, Tanzania. The specific objectives were to: examine selected farmer groups investment sub-projects sustainability initiative process, assess the extent of stakeholders’ participation in different stages...
ABSTRACT This work examines the access and use of information communication technologies (ICT) among rural farmers in Enugu State. It is the contention of this study that there is a lacuna between access and usage of ICT among the rural farmers in Enugu state and generally in Nigeria. This study applauds the impact of ICT in enhancing the agricultural productivity in Nigeria especially as it concerns the rural communities. However, this work is designed to ascertain types of ICTs available t...
ABSTRACT Mangrove ecosystems play crucial role in protection of coastlines. Apart from this most people living adjacent to these ecosystems depend on this resource to meet basic socio-economic needs and livelihoods. Though Joint Forest Management has been practiced in mangrove ecosystem for a significant period now little if any is quantitatively documented on the contribution of mangrove products to the livelihoods of communities. This study aimed at identifying and assessing the existing ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to analyze the gap between the recommended pesticides spray programmes and the actual farmers’ practices in the production of tomato and African eggplant among farmers in Mvomero District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. The specific objectives were to: (i) Identify the pesticide use recommendations for tomato and African eggplant production (ii) assess the level of farmers awareness on recommended pesticide spray programmes (iii) compare the recomm...
ABSTRACT Mvomero district is among the six districts in Morogoro region. This study was carried out to investigate the role of quality obstetric care services on reducing maternal mortality that affect the performance of health facilities which can reduce maternal mortality in rural areas. The research has show that there has been improvement in accessibility of communication network in quality obstetric care services in the district level, such as to reduce maternal mortality. However, esta...
ABSTRACT Few studies have been conducted on adolescent mothers in Tanzania and indeed about their aspirations revival struggle while taking into consideration that adolescent mothers are in a marginalized group. The general objective of this study was to determine the linkage between socio-economic factors and aspiration revival for adolescent mothers in Makete District, Tanzania. Specific objectives were determination of aspirations of adolescent mothers, examination of actions taken by ado...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to assess factors that influence the academic performance of students of selected secondary schools in Sumbawanga District, Tanzania. Purposive sampling was used to select the District, Heads of schools and District Secondary Educational officers. Systematic Random Sampling procedures were used to select students while simple random sampling was employed in selecting teachers as well as parents. In this study the questionnaire, physical interviews and obser...
ABSTRACT Environmental issues are outspoken worldwide due to the effects of environmental degradation. Faith-based institutions possess unique persuading and mobilizing power and authority over their believers but this has not yet been utilized in environmental conservation. Often, areas owned and developed by religious institutions have a well-conserved environment, while in the neighbouring communities the environment is quite the opposite. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Eva...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to evaluate the contribution of dairy cattle to poverty reduction in Igunga District of Tabora region. The study focused on exploring milk marketing, determining dairy cattle performance, assessing different sources of income and assessing dairy-crop integration. Primary data were collected using a semi structured interviewing schedule from 51 dairy cattle owners, and 53 farmers without dairy cattle. The study was carried out using a cross sectional research...
ABSTRACT A study on the influence of women groups on income and gender relations in dairy farming was carried in Arumeru district. The study aimed at determining sources of household income, differences in income from dairy production between women in groups and those not in groups and to investigate gender relations in management of dairy production. The study was conducted in six villages namely Bangata, Sasi, Inshupu, Enaboishu, Sokoni II and Nkoaranga whereby both women in dairy farming ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess the determinants for rural water project sustainability in Rufiji district, Tanzania. A household questionnaire to 180 respondents in six villages was used in data collection. This was supplemented by discussions with ordinary water users and water attendants. Descriptive statistical methods such as percentages and cross tabulations were used as qualitative analytical techniques. Quantitative methods included Pearson Chi square and Logistic regressi...