Accessibility of agricultural technical information to rural women in Morogoro rural district Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorWambura, Charles Wakihobi Mwita
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-18T10:24:19Z
dc.date.available2025-09-18T10:24:19Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.descriptionMaster's Thesis
dc.description.abstractRural women are responsible preserve bi on and sborage. for food c.u Itivation, the problem facing Current Iy, them i s bwo-fo1d. In the first place they do not have ready access to relevant agricultural information even that which i s avai1able wi th i n the i r o w n c o u n t r i e s. Second 1y, when transfer of agricultural information does occur, it is most frequently d i rected rather farmers to ma 1 e farmers who are the main food producers. women The purpose of access!bi 1i bybo information in Morogoro rural d i str i ct.The this study was to assess rural agricultural womens’ than specific objectives of the study were: 1) to determine the extent to which information on innovation agricultural i s avai1able to rural women 2) to determi ne the types channels of providing innovation to rural information on agricultural women 3) to how determi ne extensioncontact,levelof mari taistatusandage accessi bi 1i tyto education,i ncome, i nf1uencerura 1 women’s agricultural information and 4) to identify constraints hampering transfer of agricultural information to rural women, In the study area,the data were col 1ected by using structured questionnaires and researcher’s diary. A simple random sampling technique was applied to obtain a random sample of 160 respondents. One of the results of the study was that although rural women generally received information on f a r m p r a c t i c e s f r o m various sou rces, the impact of these sources to women’s access to agricultural info rmat i on is still low. The results showed further that 1ocal sources of information in the form of husbands and neighbours, werethe most preferred sources followed by extensionand income, agents education, med i a, mass in that order. extension contact and maritai Age, status were found to be significantly related to the frequency of behavi our. i nformat i on acqui siti on that man the i nformati on extension t was to constrai nts rural women in The study the were determi ned offarm soci o-cu1tu ra1and transfer inadequaci es. As a consequence of the results, recommended that: 1 ) extension - agents shou1d be provided with transport and be encouraged to reach female farmers; 2) local sources of information should be used more often i n order to reach rural farmers, and 3) rural women shou1d be exposed more to such extension teaching methods as demonstrations and frequent farm visits.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Ministry of Agriculture,Livestock Development and Cooperatives
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6990
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSokoine University of Agriculture
dc.subjectAgricultural technical information
dc.subjectRural women
dc.subjectMorogoro rural district
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleAccessibility of agricultural technical information to rural women in Morogoro rural district Tanzania
dc.typeThesis

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