Adoption and impact of dairy and irrigated rice technologies on poverty alleviation in Dodoma, Tanzania
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Date
2003
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Sokoine University of Agriculture.
Abstract
This study was conducted in Mvumi and Bahi, Dodoma Rural District, Tanzania.
The general objective of the study was to assess adoption and impact of improved
dairy and irrigated rice production on poverty alleviation. The specific objectives
were to assess adoption and determine factors influencing adoption of improved
dairy and irrigated rice technologies, to assess the impact and recommend
policies, which will promote dairy and irrigated rice production for poverty
reduction. The study comprised a random sample of 164 project farmers and 46
non- project farmers for Mvumi. For Bahi village it comprised of 164 project
farmers and 164 non-project farmers.
Data were collected using a structured
questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics, logistic regression and
paired sample T-test. Factors that significantly (P<0.01) influenced adoption of
improved dairy technologies were age of household head, number of pupils in the
household, type of cattle breed owned before the project and daily milk
consumption. On the other hand, factors that significantly (P<0.01) influenced
adoption of improved irrigated rice technologies were household working days
during the rainy season, rice yield before introduction of improved irrigated rice
technologies, number of pupils in the household and amount of irrigation water.
The results of impact assessment indicated that average annual per capita
income and purchasing power p arity i ncreased by 432% and 567% respectively
after improved dairy Project. With regard to improved rice production, average
annual per capita income and purchasing power parity increased by 20% and
25% respectively after the Project. Implementation of Mvumi dairy project
increased calories intake and milk consumption by 15% and 206% respectively
while implementation of Bahi rice project increased calories intake by 4%.iii
Furthermore,
improved
dairy project and irrigated rice project increased
significantly (P <0.01) material assets and financial ability to meet various social
services after introduction of improved dairy cattle and irrigated rice production.
The major conclusion is that both projects have significantly contributed to poverty
alleviation in the study area. Therefore, it is recommended that similar
development projects be promoted in other rural areas but attempts be made to
make sure they target the poor.
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Irrigated rice technologies, Poverty alleviation, Dairy technologies