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    Community participation and sustainability of irrigation projects in Geita district, Tanzania
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014) Bikuba, January R.
    Community participation is likely to lead to a long-term sustainability of a development project if it is used both as a means and as an end. Despite the good intentions of the government of Tanzania to adopt community participation as a necessary condition in implementation of agricultural development projects, failure of irrigation projects remains a problem threatening their long-term sustainability. This research was conducted in Geita District, Tanzania, to analyse the potential outcome of community participation on sustainability of irrigation projects in three villages (Nzera, Lwenge and Nyamalulu). Specifically, the research aimed at assessing the nature of community participation in the projects; determining the factors influencing community participation in the projects and evaluating the conditions for sustainability of the projects. A cross-sectional research design was adopted for the research in which a combination of purposive and simple random sampling techniques was employed to select a sample of 120 respondents. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through questionnaire survey, key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions. Quantitative data were analysed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to compute descriptive statistics and do inferential analysis while qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. The results showed that Community participation in the projects was low (< 50% except in contribution of resources), hence used more as a means than an end; training was the most significant (p < 0.01) factor positively influencing participation, and sustainability conditions were inadequate (< 50%) in all indicators. It is recommended that communities should be empowered to participate more in the projects.