Large scale land acquisition implications on smallholder rice production: the case of Kilombero district, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Yusuph, Eliapenda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-08T10:36:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-12-08T10:36:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | MSc Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted to examine large scale land acquisition implications on smallholder rice production in Kilombero District. Purposive sampling procedures were used to obtain four representative villages. In each village 40 respondents were randomly selected leading to a sample of 160 respondents. Primary data was collected through household questionnaires, focus group discussion, key informant interview and physical observations while secondary data was collected from relevant local authority reports and records. Using various analytical techniques collected data was analyzed using SPSS. Descriptive results indicated that utilization of land acquired for large scale farming by investors was only partially used. Moreover, results of paired samples t-test indicated that rice production has significantly decreased among smallholder farmers with mean differences of 4.61 to 1.47 respectively. The study was therefore able to reject the null hypothesis which states that large scale land acquisition for large scale farming does not have effects on rice production. The results indicated that among other factors, insufficient land was a significant factor for decline of rice production (χ 2 =21.30; p<0.000). The results further indicated that farming knowledge, improved roads, distance from large scale farm, farm size and weeding were the main factors significantly affecting rice production in the study area (p<0.05). The study invalidate the prior concern of outset of large scale land acquisition in the study area following more of negative effects on rice production than closing the sustained low rice yield gap among smallholder farmers. Moreover, the study validates that apart from loss of land large scale land acquisition had multiple negative effects on rice production which significantly threatened rice production. It is therefore recommended that agricultural land investments strategies should carefully evaluate what they are doing. There should be carefully evaluation of the negative and positive effects to the smallholder farmers’ agricultural production before land is grantediii to investors. Moreover, strong watch dog instrument is fundamental in ensuring the investment by investors deliver the expected outcomes to majority of smallholder farmers and nation at large. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1826 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | land acquisition | en_US |
| dc.subject | large scale farming | en_US |
| dc.subject | rice production | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kilombero | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | smallholder farmers | en_US |
| dc.title | Large scale land acquisition implications on smallholder rice production: the case of Kilombero district, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |