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Tobacco contract farming participation and income in Urambo; Heckma’s selection model

Sambuo, Damian B. (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2014)

This paper examines the factors influence smallholder farmers participation in tobacco production using in Urambo, Tanzania. A total of 150 farmers were surveyed using cluster sampling to obtained household head tobacco ...
Effects of fish attributes on landing price in selected districts along lake victoria, Tanzania

Sambuo, Damian B.; Malamsha, Kitala; Kirama, Stephen (Uongozi-Journal of Management and Development Dynamics, 2020)

Studies around Lake Victoria documented various challenges hindering higher landing prices among artisanal fishers associated with varying attributes of fish. However, determination of the effects of fish attributes on ...
Challenges of coffee price fluctuations and sustainability of agricultural marketing co-operatives in Tanzania: Experience from Mbozi and Rombo Districts

Sambuo, Damian B.; Mbwaga, Aurelia (Noble Academic Publisher, 2017)

The challenge of change in price of coffee as well as sustainability of agricultural marketing cooperatives in Tanzania has serious implication to farmers and AMCOS dealing with production and marketing of coffee respectively. ...
Small Christian community participation in managing development projects: an evaluation of projects in the catholic diocese of Moshi, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

Temba, Bernadette; Kaleshu, Jones; Machimu, Gervas M. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2023)

This study aimed at evaluating Small Christian Community (SCC) participation in managing development projects of the Catholic Diocese of Moshi. Concurrent triangulation design was employed. Simple random technique was ...
Communication strategy for the sustainable land management project in the highlands of mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mwakilema, Nicodemus S.; Machimu, Gervas M.; Mkanda, Francis X. (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2014)

The Communication Strategy (CS) for the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) project essentially sets out the overall framework on how the SLM project communicates and engages with its audiences over the project implementation ...
Co-operative organisations for rural development: organisational and management aspects

Kazungu, Isaac; Machimu, Gervas M. (Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS)Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2021)

Rural development has recently gained extensive attention mainly in developing countries where the substantial majority of the people live in rural are as and they essentially depend on farm activities. The nexus between ...
Smallholder Agriculture and Livelihood Sustainability Potentials among Rural Households: A Case of Sunflower Value Chain in Tanzania

Mchopa, Alban D.; Jeckoniah, John N.; Mgema, Japhet M. (The Co-operative University of Kenya, 2021)

Sunflower cultivation has attracted the majority of smallholder farmers who have dominated the production node of the value chain. The chain activities have become the main income stream to households and thus increasing ...
Community participation in sustainable forest management

Kimaro, Prosper J. (Gitoya Centre for Academic Research and Dissemination (G-CARD), 2023)

This study concerned community participation in sustainable forest management in Hai District, Tanzania. The study employed the cross-sectional research design. A representative sample of 200 respondents was drawn from ...
Supplier development and public procurement performance: Does contract management difficulty matter?

Ismail, Ismail J.; Mchopa, Alban D.; Changalima, Ismail A. (Taylor & Francis, 2022)

This paper investigates the relationship between supplier development and procurement performance in the public sector. Furthermore, the paper exam ines the moderating role of contract management difficulty on the ...
Supplier monitoring and procurement performance in the public sector in Tanzania: the moderating role of contract management difficulty

Changalima, Ismail A.; Mchopa, Alban D.; Ismail, Ismail J. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022)

Purpose – This study aims to examine the effect of supplier monitoring on procurement performance in the Tanzanian public sector, as well as how contract management difficulty moderates the effect of supplier monitoring ...
Effects of supplier selection and supplier monitoring on public procurement efficiency in Tanzania: a cost-reduction perspective

Changalima, Ismail A.; Ismail, Ismail J.; Mchopa, Alban D. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022)

Purpose – This study aims to examine the role of supplier selection and supplier monitoring in public procurement efficiency in terms of cost reduction in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire ...
Challenges facing procurement and supply professions in Tanzania: higher education students’ perceptions

Changalima, Ismail A.; Mwaiseje, Shadrack S.; Mchopa, Alban D.; Panga, Faustine P. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022)

Purpose – Despite the fact that students in higher education contributes significantly to the number of professionals, little has been done to incorporate the students’ perspectives on the status of procurement and supply ...
Socio-economic benefits of agricultural marketing co-operatives and their challenges: Evidence from Selected Cases in Moshi District Council (Tanzania)

Anania, Paulo; Rwekaza, Gratian C.; Bamanyisa, Justinian M. (Journal of Depopulation and Rural Development Studies, 2020)

Studies have said a lot on co-operatives’ role in development but less have been documented about agricultural marketing co-operatives engaged in coffee marketing.The paper addresses the gap with study findings which ...
A review of the forms, rationale, and challenges of supplier development in public procurement: lessons for public buyers in Tanzania

Changalima, Ismail A.; Ismail, Ismail J.; Mchopa, Alban D. (Future Business Journal, 2021)

This article synthesizes current insights into supplier management practices that professional buyers can apply in the public procurement context. Specifically, it discusses the practices, rationale, and challenges associated ...
The power of members in co-operatives: assessing members’ participation in decision making process from selected agricultural marketing co-operatives in Shinyanga region, Tanzania

Rwekaza, Gratian C.; Anania, Paulo (Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS), 2020)

Based on their structure and legal framework, the control and power of making decisions in co operatives of all types is vested on the members, including those in agricultural marketing co operatives (AMCOS). Through general ...
Co-operative Decision Making Structure and Its Effectiveness in Promoting Sustainable Co-operative Organizations in Tanzania: A Case of Selected Agricultural Marketing Co-operatives in Shinyanga Region

Rwekaza, Gratian C; Anania, Paulo (Arts Social Sci J, an open access journal, 2018)

The effectiveness of decision making is a pivotal in the cooperative institution, the question of who should make decisions is by protocol vested to members. This paper is dedicated to on the assessing the tragedy of ...
The benefits and challenges of agricultural marketing co-operatives in Moshi district, Tanzania

Anania, Paulo; Rwekaza, Gratian C (Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS), 2018)

The agricultural and marketing co-operatives societies (AMCOS) in Tanzania deal with production, processing, transporting and marketing of various crops. Given the changes in the natural, economic and business environment ...
Promoting micro, small and medium business enterprises by integrating the co-operative and cluster development models

Rwekaza, Gratian C; Anania, Paulo (Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS), 2021)

Cluster development approach has been proved beyond doubt to be among the reliable means to promote economic development in various countries. In Tanzania, the model has been implemented for some years by various actors ...
The power of members in co-operatives: assessing members’ participation in decision making process from selected agricultural marketing co-operatives in Shinyanga region, Tanzania

Rwekaza, Gratian C; Anania, Paulo (Journal of Co-operative and Business Studies (JCBS), 2020)

Based on their structure and legal framework, the control and power of making decisions in co operatives of all types is vested on the members, including those in agricultural marketing co operatives (AMCOS). Through general ...
Implementation of community-based targeting mechanism: a local perspective in Lindi district, Tanzania

Njuga, Gidion O.; Kazuzuru, Benedicto B.; Warsanga, William B. (The School of Public Administration and Management, 2022)

Deciding on which poor households' targeting mechanism is appropriate has always been a challenge to policymakers. Given the challenge, Tanzania adopted Community Based Targeting (CBT) for poor households’ cash transfer ...

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