Economic analysis of the pyrethrum industry in Tanzania: the case of Njombe district
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1993
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Abstract
Agricultural product production in Tanzania has been
facing deep seated problems beginning the late 1960s and
early 1970s.
In effect,
output
production of the
export
crops had cont inued to decline throughout t he 1 970s
Various factors have
1980s.
been pointed out
and
i n various
t o have contributed to the decline. These range
studies
from price to non price factors. This study has attempted
to 1 ook
i nt o the
factors which have
cont ri but ed
to t he
decline in pyrethrum output production in Njombe district
with special emphasis on smallholder producers who are the
main producers of the crop.
The study is organised into five chapters. The f i rst
chapter
gives
requi rement
pract i ces
t he
the
for
are
backg round
crop
present ed
t o
and
t he
t he
fol 1 owed
study.
mai n
a
by
Ecologi cal
farm
husbandry
di scussi on
on
producer and world market price trends.
The chapter observes that, 98 % of the crude extract
and 70 % of the dry marc produced at the Mafinga plant i s
export ed. Better prices for these products were received
after the 1985/86 crop season both in the export and the
domest i c
market.
increased at
1 ocal
However,
a higher
currency terms.
the
export
rate than the
Devaluation of
market
prices
domestic market
the local
i n
currencyincrease in
was more responsible for this than the actual
export
pri ces.
due
This was
policy
government
to a
of
export promotion.
Chapter two is all about literature review. Generally
it is concluded in the chapter that, although price can be
for agricultural
the main machinery which account
output
production trends, at t ent i on need also to be paid to non
price
which
factors
affect
pyret h rum
smal1 hoider
t he
output production in Njombe district.
Chapter
three
methodology used
i n
The
chapter
t he
and
area
shows that,
gross margin, the chi-square and
descriptive statistics,
the multiple
study.
the
st udy
t he
descri bes
regression
models
have
been
used
dat a
i n
analysi s.
In chapter
d i scussed.
f ou r,
Bas i ng
study
on
findings
object i ves,
study
t he
are presented
it
and
i s
identified that, the factors which are related and account
the observed
district include
for
pyrethrum
poor
out put
crop
produced
husbandry
i n
Njombe
pract i ces,
unavai1abi1ity of some of the essential rural agricultural
development
i nf rast ruct u re.
unfavourable competition
crops grown in the area.
of
The
ot her
factor
pyrethrum with
i s
other
the
major
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Keywords
Pyrethrum industry, Economic analysis, Analysis of the pyrethrum