Perception of local government leaders on decentralized agricultural extension services: the case of Mbinga district, Ruvuma region, Tanzania
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Date
2006
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
One of the goals of the Public Sector Reform Programme (PSRP) is to improve the
delivery of, and access by the public, to services, including agricultural extension services.
One way of achieving this is by transferring resources to District level, and by making
Local Government Authorities (LGAs) responsible for provision of most public services
including agricultural extension. Accordingly, under the Local government Act No 6 of
1999, the responsibility for implementing agricultural extension services has been placed
with the Local Government Authorities. The idea is to be as near to the people as possible.
It is assumed that the success of decentralized agricultural extension services is much more
dependent, among others, on how local government leaders as the key actors perceive it.
Using local government leaders of Mbinga District as a case study, perception of local
government leaders on decentralized agricultural extension services was determined. The
main objective of the study was to determine the perception of local leaders on
decentralized agricultural extension services in Mbinga District, Ruvuma Region. The
specific objectives of the study were to; assess the extent to which local government
leaders are aware of their additional or new roles under decentralized agricultural extension
services, determine the expectation of local government leaders with regard to the
provision of agricultural extension services under a decentralized institutional set up,
identify limitations faced by local government leaders in the implementation of
decentralized agricultural extension services and determine opinions of local government
leaders on sustainability of decentralized agricultural extension services. The survey
population comprised all local government leaders of Mbinga district council having
experience of at least three years in a particular administrative position. Local government
leaders involved are those at district, ward and village levels (head of departments, ward
councilors, ward executive officers, village executive officers and village chairpersons).
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Agricultural extension services, Local government leaders, Public Sector Reform Programme (PSRP), Mbinga district, Ruvuma region, Tanzania