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    Social-economic impact of smallholder free range local chicken (frlc) improved husbandry system: A case study of Rural Morogoro
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2007) Alphonce, Roselyne
    Ways and means to improve free range local chicken (FRLC) production have been studied in Tanzania, however the economic contribution of the improved FRLC production is still unknown. Hence, this study investigated on the impact of the free-range local chicken production improvement program on farmers' Socio-cconomy. Specifically, the study aimed at: (i) evaluating the socio-economic characteristics influencing the interventions, (ii) evaluating the impact of the interventions on the level of knowledge, attitude and practices that respondents acquired for enhancing FRLC productivity, and (iii) exploring the intervention effects on smallholders’ FRLC productivity. The study used both primary and secondary data, and a random sample of project respondents were interviewed with a corresponding number of non-project respondents as a control group. Then both qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed. The study concludes that the interventions had no significant impact not only on the FRLC production but also on the farmer’s socio-economy. However, the project participants had increased their total household income by 0.5% due to the increased production in FRLC and eggs. Also, the interventions had a statistical significant impact on; the practices towards disease control and breeding; the change of knowledge in Feeding, disease control and breeding; and on the change in FRLC management practices. Education, income, cropping pattern and FRLC farm-gate price were the characteristics, which affected the adoption of the interventions (P<0.05). While inputs on disease control were the most economical, inputs on other aspects showed a decrease in net-return. The study recommends that the farmer’s socio-economic status should be considered before the implementation of an intervention. The implication of these findings is that intervention packages should be coupled with economic incentives such as credit facilitation, social-economic groups and market access.