Gender roles in the tomato value chain: a case study of Kilolo District and Dodoma Municipality in Tanzania
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Date
2016
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Sokoine University of agriculture
Abstract
Although agricultural value chain interventions are implemented they don’t take into
consideration different gender categories in the chain. This has partly contributed to failure
by many interventions to increase agricultural production. It has also attributed to lack of
enough information on gender roles in the agricultural value chain. A study was conducted to
assess gender roles in the tomato value chain in Kilolo District and Dodoma Municipality in
Tanzania. The study employed a cross sectional research design to collect data from 120
respondents. Key informants interviews and observations were used to supplement the
collected data. The statistical package for social sciences was used to analyze data. In both
study areas the identified actors were input suppliers, producers, transporters, coolies,
brokers, traders and consumers. Box/crate/tenga makers were identified in Kilolo District but
not in Dodoma Municipality. Different gender categories like youth, middle and old aged
people of both sexes play different roles in the tomato value chain including input supplying,
production, transportation and marketing. Middle-aged males followed by females of the
same category perform more than half of the roles in the chain. It is recommended that
interventions aimed at improving tomato production should focus more on the identified
gender categories.
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South Africa Journal of Agric. Ext. Vol. 44, No. 1,pp.13 – 24
Keywords
Gender, Roles, Value chain, Tomato