Participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural development micro-projects: a case study of DADPs projects in Kwimba district Mwanza region.
| dc.contributor.author | Mwita, Philemon Maige | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-02T09:53:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-02T09:53:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Smallholder farmers’ participation in agricultural development micro-projects is viewed as a process by which individuals are involved in identification, planning, implementing. monitoring and evaluation. It is also a process of social development in which smallholder farmers, as subjects in their own environment, seek out ways to meet their collective needs and expectations to overcome their common problems. This study was conducted to assess participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural development micro-projects under District Agricultural Development Plan (DADPs). Data were collected by interviewing respondents using interview schedule as the main tool. Descriptive and regression analyses were employed to determine factors influencing participation. Findings revealed that agricultural development micro-projects which farmers participated included cattle dip, charco-dam and improvement of local chickens and were supported by DADPs funds. Age, education level and occupation influenced participation of smallholder farmers and were found to be statistically significant at p < 0.05. However, sex and farm size of the respondents did not significantly influence participation of smallholder farmers. It is concluded that participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural development micro-projects should not be limited to contributions that farmers offer, but should aim at empowering smallholder farmers to take control of the development process. It is therefore recommended that smallholder farmers should play an active role in the identification, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes which implies increasing level of participation and hence empowering them to take control of the micro-project | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Embassy of Belgium through Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5849 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Smallholder farmers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agricultural development micro-projects | en_US |
| dc.subject | DADPs projects | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kwimba district | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mwanza region | en_US |
| dc.title | Participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural development micro-projects: a case study of DADPs projects in Kwimba district Mwanza region. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |