Impact assessment of banana bacterial wilt disease onhousehold food security and income in Kagera Region,Tanzania
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2009
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Sokoine university of Agriculture
Abstract
This study was conducted in six villages in Muleba and Misenyi districts in Kagera
region to assess the impact of banana bacterial wilt disease on household food
security and income. The sample of six (6) villages composed of four villages
affected with banana bacterial wilt disease and two villages without disease were
selected for this study using purposive and random sampling technique respectively.
Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 20 affected households
and 15 not affected households from each affected village. Also 30 households were
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randomly selected from not affected villages making a total of 200 households. A
structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the sample households. Data
were coded, entered and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS) version 11.5 and Excel computer programs. Comparison of means was done
using independent t-test to verify if there were any differences in the variables
between households with and without the disease. Results on banana yield reveals
that, there were significant differences in mean yields of banana between affected
and unaffected households in all sampled villages with the exception of Ngando
village, meaning they were food insecure. Further more all affected household in
sampled villages with the exception of Ngando village had an average income below
the poverty line meaning they had low income. Majority of the affected households
planted different crops in the uprooted areas; most planted crops are maize 32.8%
and maize intercropped with cassava 22.5% while those who have no alternative
crop to plant were 21.3% households. Most of the affected households were engaged
into labour selling (42.5%) to different agricultural enterprises. From these findings
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Food security, Bacterial disease, Assessment banana, Region, Tanzania