• Can sub-saharan Africa become food self-sufficient? Analyzing the market demand for sunflower edible oil in Tanzania 

  Mgeni, C.P; Mpenda, Z.T (Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021)

  Deficit in food supply, edible oil in particular is a common occurrence in Tanzania. The deficit in edible oil from the domestic supply is mainly due to use of poor production technology, that include use of unimproved ...
• Analysis of competitiveness of textile industries in Morogoro and Dar es salaam regions, Tanzania 

  Fasha, G.S; Itika, D (An International Journal of Basic and Applied Research, 2021)

  Tanzania is promoting industrialization with a motive to attain the middle economy status and broaden employment opportunities to the country’s population. This study analysed the competitiveness of textile industries ...
• Determinant of household dietary diversity in rural and urban Tanzania: does household income matter the most? 

  Assenga, Theresia Francis (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2021)

  Recently, food security particularly in terms of nutrients availability has been topical reflected in food intake diversity. Thus, the study to analyze the determinant of household dietary diversity and analyze dietary ...
• Economic and institutional factors affecting smallholder farmers’ income from orange production in Muheza district, Tanzania 

  Makorere, R. F. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2016)

  This study analyzed economic and institutional factors affecting income of smallholder farmers from orange production, who can be characterized as income poor, in Muheza district, arrangements and their influence on prices ...
• Contribution of village savings and lending associations to improving rice productivity and income in Mvomero district, Morogoro, Tanzania 

  Mtenga, Rozalia Patrice (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  Village savings and lending associations (VSLAs) have proven to overcome the obstacles that exist to informal financial services and are recognized to facilitate access to credit for smallholder rice farmers in rural ...
• Farmers’ willingness to pay (wtp) for local chicken ecotypes with enhanced newcastle disease resistance in Dodoma and Singida regions, Tanzania 

  Sese, Helen Samwel (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  Indigenous poultry production plays an important role in meeting both social and economic obligations for most households in developing countries, especially for poor families. It is estimated that 2.5 million people ...
• The role of financial inclusion on poverty reduction among rice farmers in Gihanga district of Burundi: does gender matter? 

  Irakoze, Gildas (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2021)

  Financial inclusion and its role in poverty reduction have been less investigated in low- and middle-income countries. Using cross-sectional data collected from 385 rice farmers in the Gihanga District of Burundi, this ...
• Adoption and impact of dairy and irrigated rice technologies on poverty alleviation in Dodoma, Tanzania 

  Kisusu, Robert Wankanya (Sokoine University of Agriculture., 2003)

  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. ...
• Farmers’ willingness to pay for improved cassava cuttings attributes in Rugombo district, Burundi 

  Ndayisaba, Henriette (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  Despite cassava being both a staple food, a major source of calories, and the third most important crop after beans and bananas in Burundi, its seeds system is characterized by informal sectors and the unavailability of ...
• Economic analysis of virus free sweet potato production in the lake and coastal zones of Tanzania 

  Kibiki, Castory (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2021)

  A study was carried out to analyze the economics of virus free sweet potato and vine multiplication by smallholder farmers in two selected agro-ecological zones of Tanzania namely; Lake Victoria Zone and Coastal Zone. ...
• Aflatoxins contamination in raw and locally processed cashew nuts and the associated human health risks: 

  Akwilapo, Catherine Leonard (Sokoine University Of Agriculture, 2022)

  Aflatoxins (AFs) are one of the mycotoxins which are secondary metabolites of various fungi species; Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus and A. nomius. There are about eighteen types of aflatoxins that have been identified, ...
• SME’s perception of product liability on product innovation of pre-packed food products in Tanzania 

  Masanda, M (Sokoine University of Agriculture., 2021)

  The Tanzanian food market is saturated with processed food. The study aimed at investigating the perception of product liability rules (i.e. manufacture, design, and failure to warn defects) on pre-packed food product ...
• Tanzania middle income country status and implications for future economic growth strategies 

  Turuka, Florens M (TAJAS, 2021)

  Tanzania, having attained a gross national income per capita equivalent to $1,080 graduated from a low-income country to a lower-middle income country, which had a threshold of $1,036 in year 2020. The lower-middle income ...
• Strategic management in cooperative development : case study of Mbozi, Morogoro and Songea - Namtumbo cooperative unions in Tanzania 

  Kikula, Jaraj Sulayman (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012)

  This study was conducted in Mbozi, Morogoro and Songea Namutumbo cooperative unions. The study areas were selected on the basis of the ailing performance of their respective cooperative unions. The problem which this ...
• Evaluation of livelihoods and economic benefits of water utilization: the case of great Ruaha river catchment in Tanzania 

  Kadigi, Reuben Mpuya Joseph (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2006)

  A study was conducted in the Great Ruaha River (GRR) catchment from mid 2002 to end of 2004 to evaluate existing livelihoods, values and benefits of water utilisation; the effect of these benefits on poverty alleviation, ...
• SME’s perception of product liability on product innovation of pre-packed food products in Tanzania 

  Masanda, M (TAJAS, 2021)

  The Tanzanian food market is saturated with processed food. The study aimed at investigating the perception of product liability rules (i.e. manufacture, design, and failure to warn defects) on pre-packed food product ...
• Trade development of medicinal plants products in Tanzania: an overlooked research area? 

  Mpelangwa, E.M; Makindara, J.R; Sorensen, O.J; Bengesi, K.M.K; Mabiki, F.P (TAJAS, 2022)

  The existence of trade of products of medicinal plants reflects their significance on health care and the local economy. Consumption trends have shifted medicinal plants from local consumptions to economic contexts. ...
• Factors influencing brewery contract farming participation among sorghum farmers in selected districts in Dodoma, Tanzania a logit analysis aproach 

  Kimbi, Thedy; Mishili, Fulgence; Sieber, Stefan; Akpo, Essegbemon; Magomba, Christopher (Sokoine University of Agriculture., 2022)

  As contract farming is a useful arrangement that integrates smallholder farmers in the agricultural value chain in developing countries, it is essential for agricultural policies focusing on rural development to implement ...
• Working or not working in commercial farms and uptake of agricultural technologies in Rural Tanzania 

  Maro, Festo; Mutabazi, Khamaldin (Sokoine University of Agriculture., 2022-07-31)

  Abstract Commercial farms investment plays important role in agricultural technology spillovers but less is known on specific channels influencing neighboring farmer’s uptake of agricultural technologies. This study ...
• Rapid appraisal of policies &institutional frameworks for agricultural water management 

  Unknown author ((IMAWESA), 2007-11)

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of the country study was to investigate how policies or institutional frameworks affected or would have affected agricultural water management (AWM) programmes or projects between 1985 ...

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