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The Changing Farming Environment in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Bee, Faustine K.
dc.contributor.author Ngailo, Legnard N.
dc.contributor.author Yoshida, Masao
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-18T09:32:39Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-18T09:32:39Z
dc.date.issued 1997
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/1597
dc.description.abstract This study examines the changing farming environment among the smallholder farmers in Tanzania under the ongoing world-wide economic reform measures. Various economic reform measures being implemented have far-reaching effects on farming behaviour. Small farmers have increasingly done away with the production of the traditional export crops and instead have shifted to the product of quickselling crops such as vegetables and paddy. It was observed that most farmers are facing serious economic hardships. To cope with this difficult situation. they have turned to the use of easily available supply of manure, seeds and chemicals. There is also environmental degradation due to landclearing for fuel, farming and building materials. Liberalization of agricultural marketing has also had serious repercussions. Farmers are unable to obtain credit for farm inputs. This is partly due to the marketing cooperatives' failure to compete with other buyers. Already cooperatives have lost market share for food crops to private traders/dealers. Farmers specializing in paddy production under controlled irrigation practices have better prospect than others. Their income has increased. This situation has attracted civil servants to 20 back for farming. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Moshi Co-operative University en_US
dc.subject Farming en_US
dc.subject Environment en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.subject Kilimanjaro en_US
dc.subject Structural en_US
dc.subject Liberalization en_US
dc.title The Changing Farming Environment in Tanzania en_US
dc.title.alternative The Case of Selected Villages in Kilimanjaro en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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