Gender roles in the domestic and farming systems of Tchenzema ward in Morogoro District Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMtenga, Ngoyako Asuman
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-21T05:04:05Z
dc.date.available2024-05-21T05:04:05Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionThe Degree of Master of Science in Agricultural Education and Extension
dc.description.abstractThepurpose of the study was to determine gender roles in the household activities of_ Tchenzema ward in Morogoro district. The specific objectives were description of division of labour by gender and age, determination of sources of income, custodian of family income and decision making by gender. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a randomly A structured questionnaire selected sample of 200 farmers. was used to collect primary data. Secondary data were obtained from literature. Data were compiled by using D Base and analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Programme. Results are presented in tabular and graphical forms. The study findings show that domestic work is a female 1s domain; women contributed 70-87% labour to all tasks, men 25-29%, male children 25-35% and female children 27-46% to the same. Males contributed more labour to livestock husbandry; men's labour contribution to all tasks was 26-72%, women1s 26-42%, male children's 25-34% and female children's 25-27% of the same. Crop production tasks were shared between gender. Custodian of income was gender independent, decisions were jointly made, however men and women had different income sources and income expenditure patterns. There was no gender variation in the extension method preferred.iii: It was observed that, gender roles differ from those documented on patrilineal societies (Due and Mudenda, 1982; Burfisher and Horenstein, 1987; Conelly et al. 1985; 1987 and Swantz, 1985; Polomack, Beshara, 1989) . This matrilineal society has already made room for both men and women although there is still room for improvement. It is recommended that extension service and the development projects contact men and women farmers in order to be effective.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Swedish Agency for Research and Development Cooperation (SAREC)
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6108
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSokoine University of Agriculture
dc.subjectGender roles
dc.subjectFarming systems
dc.subjectDomestic systems
dc.subjectTchenzema ward
dc.subjectMorogoro District
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleGender roles in the domestic and farming systems of Tchenzema ward in Morogoro District Tanzania
dc.typeThesis

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