Participation in village savings and lending associations and rice profitability in Tanzania: application of propensity score matching and endogenous switching regression

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dc.contributor.authorMtenga, Rozalia P.
dc.contributor.authorFunga, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorKadigi, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-12T07:55:09Z
dc.date.available2025-07-12T07:55:09Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-13
dc.descriptionJournal article
dc.description.abstractWe assess the contribution of participation in bundled service-bundled VSLAs on rice productivity and profit among smallholder rice farmers in Mvomero District, Tanzania. The study propensity score matching (PSM) and endogenous switching regression (ESR) models, and found that participation in VSLA has a positive and sig­ nificant contribution to rice productivity and profit for smallholder rice farmers. Participation in VSLAs increases farmers’ ability to regenerate income for investing in improving productivity and profitability and enhancing rice sector development. VSLAs prove as a tool for building financial capital through savings and easy access to credit in rural areas. This study improves on existing research and offers new insights into the effects of VSLA as one of the financial inclusion tools on the economic activities of agricultural households in Tanzania.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100169
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6833
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSustainable Futures
dc.subjectRice productivity
dc.subjectRice profitability
dc.subjectAgricultural credit
dc.subjectVSLA participation
dc.subjectPropensity score
dc.subjectmatching
dc.subjectEndogenous switching regression
dc.titleParticipation in village savings and lending associations and rice profitability in Tanzania: application of propensity score matching and endogenous switching regression
dc.typeArticle

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