ABSTRACT Trading in high-value agro-food and fishery products like Nile perch represents one of the main possibilities for reducing poverty in Tanzania. Nile perch earner foreign exchange and provides employment to communities around Lake Victoria. However, Tanzania has experienced challenges in maintaining and expanding her share of global markets given stringent food-safety requirements in the European Union (EU). Following the three EU Nile perch export bans in the 1990s, several efforts h...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity is relatively high in Singida Region although there has been an influx of development related institutions, some of which deal with food security. The extent to which the two were linked was empirically unknown. Therefore, the research for this thesis was conducted in Iramba and Singida Districts of Singida Region to determine the role of institutions in improving food security. The specific objectives were to: (i) to appraise qualitatively the role of institutions in...
ABSTRACT The study on which this thesis is based investigated the impact of land size and farm fragmentation on household welfare in Kilosa District. The specific objectives were to: determine factors affecting household land size, assess the effects of farm size on household income, determine the causes of farm fragmentation, and assess the effect of farm fragmentation on agricultural productivity. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, which was administered to a random sampl...
ABSTRACT The implementation of strategies to improve the academic performance of pupils varies around the world. This could be due to variation in available resources and their utilisation proficiency. In Tanzania, primary education accounted for over 40% of the national education budget from 2008/09 to 2012/2013 Financial Years. The governance of capitation grant (CG) in Government primary schools (GPS) in Morogoro region, as in many other regions of Tanzania, is under school committees (SCs...
ABSTRACT African swine fever (ASF) is a highly fatal hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs caused by ASF virus (ASFV) that can cause mortalities reaching up to 100%, depending on the virus strain. There have been sporadic ASF outbreaks in Tanzania that have affected food security and the livelihoods of pig farmers. Previous studies have reported the genetic nature viral strains that caused ASF outbreaks in Tanzania. The present study was conducted to investigate whether new or already describe...
ABSTRACT Wetland ecosystems in Tanzania are historically important for the well being of human communities, biodiversity conservation and other environmental values. These cover about 88 300 km2 which is about 10% of the land surface. However, in recent years, they have gone through ecological changes. The major reason is increased unsustainable utilization of wetland resources, which may result into losses of livelihoods. Under Ecosystem Services Framework (ESF), the role played by healthy e...
ABSTRACT The study on which this manuscript is based was done along the urban-rural continuum (urban, peri-urban and rural) in Morogoro and Iringa to assess household food access security. Specifically, the study sought to: (1) assess the prevalence of household food access insecurity along the urban-rural continuum, (2) determine constraints to household food access security, (3) examine coping strategies and resilience to food access insecurity along the continuum, and (4) assess the influe...
ABSTRACT This study examined synergy between Local Government Authorities (LGAs) and corporates for social service delivery in Kilombero and Mvomero District Councils in which Kilombero and Mtibwa sugar companies are situated, respectively. Specifically, the study aimed at examining the environmental forces challenging LGAs and corporates for social service delivery; assess planning interface between LGAs and corporates for social service delivery; and examine resource complementarity between...
ABSTRACT This thesis is prepared according to “Published manuscripts” format of the Sokoine University of Agriculture. This thesis discusses the role of potential plague reservoirs and their flea-vectors in the plague epidemiology in eastern Zambia. The goal was to identify and describe roles domestic pigs, goats and sheep, and rodents with their fleas play in maintaining and transmitting the plague pathogen, Yersinia pestis. Plasminogen activator gene (pla) of Y. pestis was successfully ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at determining factors influencing the effectiveness of decentralised agricultural extension information and service delivery in Tanzania. A cross sectional research design was used to collect data from 390 respondents from Arumeru District which were purposively selected. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire, focused group discussions, key informant interviews and observations checklist. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used in ...
ABSTRACT Political-administrative interactions in local governments have gained wide attention among most development practitioners and scholars of public administration. Politicaladministrative relations focus on the interaction and reciprocal relations between the elected and appointed officials in performing local governments’ functions. Through decentralization by devolution “D by D”, local governments have been mandated to provide social services within their jurisdictions such as ...
ABSTRACT Despite efforts to control malaria with its morbidity and mortality rates in Tanzania, it still persists. The main objective of the study on which this thesis is based was to investigate people’s knowledge, attitudes and socio-economic factors associated with receptivity of malaria control strategies. The specific objectives of the study were to assess knowledge about malaria control strategies and its association with demographic and socio-economic variables, examine attitude towa...
ABSTRACT The study presents the analysis of the effect of savings and credit facilities to migrants’ and non- migrants’ gendered livelihood options and development of Ilula Emerging Urban Centre (EUC). Specifically, the study aimed at establishing rural-urban migration determinants, identifying and analysing migrants’ and non-migrants livelihood options across different gender groups, and assessing factors influencing household access to savings and credit services and investment decisi...
ABSRACT The Government of Tanzania has exempted the elderly from cost sharing in health service delivery as it is stipulated in the National Ageing Policy and in the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Tanzania. However, the majority of the elderly do not get the services freely. The main objective of this study was to assess factors influencing access of the elderly to free health services. The study was conducted in Iringa and Makete Districts. A cross-sectional design ...
ABSTRACT Studies were carried out to establish ethno-botanical information and biological activities of crude extracts from Commiphora swynnertonii against selected microbes of veterinary importance in chickens. Initially, a questionnaire survey was conducted to gather information on practices and knowledge on ethno-botanical uses of C. swynnertonii in the study area. Then extracts from different morphological parts of the study plant were tested against selected bacteria and fungi in vitro u...