Agricultural technology innovation system: a case of TARP II - SUA and pantil banana research projects in Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Rwambali, Emmanuel Gabwenda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-13T08:14:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-13T08:14:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description | PhD-Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In principle the innovation systems approach, examines the interactions and institutions that affect actors to innovate and adapt technology. Roles and functions played by farmers and other actors determine farmers’ response to innovation. This study was conducted in the PANTIL and TARP II-SUA project areas in Tanzania, involving 182 respondents to investigate the banana technological innovation system that emerged as a result of the two projects. Technologies and practices developed were examined, various actors and their functions and roles identified, institutional relationships investigated, strategies and approaches for dissemination evaluated and the resultant technological innovation system described. The results indicate that technologies and practices of banana pit size, new planting materials like tissue culture, new high yielding and disease resistant varieties. spacing, de-suckering, mulching, fertiliser application and pests’ control were advanced and ultimately adopted by farmers. There were more adoptions among project farmers than it was for non-projcct farmers and were significantly (p<0.05) better in improved banana varieties, spacing, pit management, thinning and in getting new markets. Rungwe farmers did significantly (p<0.05) better in fertilising farms because of keeping livestock while Mkuranga significantly (p<0.05) better in finding new markets because of their proximity to huge urban markets. Institutional participation was dominated by research and training institutions of PANTIL, TARP II-SUA, ARI-Uyole and local extension agents and less of other components of the innovation system especially marketing, credit, input supply and transportation institutions. Thus, agricultural technology innovation system for banana that was developed during the two projects was impaired due to non-participation of other key institutions. It is thus recommended: (i) Future innovation efforts to accommodate all key elements of the innovation system, (ii) Ensure sustainability by intensively training few farmers in the technologies and relevant extension techniques to better assist their colleagues, (iii) Vary approaches of engagement and methods of dissemination, (iv)iii Facilitate farmers to be innovative to address missing institutional roles and functions, (v) Improve agricultural shows through diversification of methods. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4650 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agricultural technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | Technology innovation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Banana | en_US |
| dc.title | Agricultural technology innovation system: a case of TARP II - SUA and pantil banana research projects in Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |