Effect of choice of tillage technology on commercialisation and livelihood of smallholder farmers in Mngeta division, Kilombero district, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMdoe, Ntengua
dc.contributor.authorMlay, Gilead
dc.contributor.authorIsinika, Aida
dc.contributor.authorBoniface, Gideon
dc.contributor.authorMagomba, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-26T07:57:46Z
dc.date.available2022-10-26T07:57:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionWorking Paperen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effect of choice of tillage technology options on rice, commercialisation, yield, and livelihood of smallholder rice farmers in Mngeta Division, Kilombero District, Tanzania. There are four options comprising: (i) the hand hoe (HH), a basic tillage implement traditionally widely used in Kilombero District and Tanzania as a whole; (ii) the hand hoe and ox plough (HHOP); (iii) the hand hoe and tractor (HHTR); and (iv) the hand hoe, ox plough, and tractor (HHOPTR). The ox plough (OP) was introduced into Kilombero Valley (KV) by agro-pastoral immigrants in 2000 while the tractor (TR) was introduced by large- scale farmers in the late 1980s. The introduction of ox ploughs and tractors widened the choice of tillage technology options that farmers could choose and use in rice production besides the hand hoe. It was expected that the use of any of the three tillage technology options (HHOP, HHTR, and HHOPTR) would have a higher level of effectiveness than the HH alone on rice commercialisation and rice yield as an intermediate outcome contributing to livelihood, household food security, (FS), minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W), and poverty level as measured in terms of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78118-679-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4734
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAgricultural Policy Research in Africaen_US
dc.subjectKilombero-Tanzania.en_US
dc.subjectTillage technologyen_US
dc.subjectCommercialisationen_US
dc.subjectMultidimensional poverty indexen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder farmersen_US
dc.titleEffect of choice of tillage technology on commercialisation and livelihood of smallholder farmers in Mngeta division, Kilombero district, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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