Moshi Co-operative University Institutional Repository [MoCU IR]: Recent submissions

  • The relevance, challenges and opportunities of co-operatives in Africa 
    Chambo, Suleman A. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2010)
    The main question which has troubled both policy makers and members of the co-operative movement in Africa, is whether the co-operative enterprise is still relevant in Africa. The implementation of structural adjustment ...
  • Resilience of the Co-Operative Business Model Some Reflections from Africa 
    Chambo, Suleman A. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2009)
    The world is witnessing an unprecedented crisis which has been termed by economists as the ‘biggest of all time’ (Krugman, 2009). The financial crisis, the consequent economic meltdown and recession is an outfit of the ...
  • National policy environments some reflections on the co-operative reform modernization programme 
    Chambo, Suleman A. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2006)
    The Tanzanian Co-operative movement is undergoing major changes at the moment. Those changes are however, characterized by major external and internal efforts and initiatives. Some of the change. taking place in the ...
  • Governance in co-operatives 
    Chambo, Suleman A.; Diyamett, Mathew (Moshi Co-operative University, 2011)
    Co-operatives are value and ethical-based organizations. But despite their uniqueness, and elaborate values of self responsibility, democracy, equity and equality, they on top, need good governance. Governance on the ...
  • Global issues affecting co-operatives in Africa 
    Chambo, Suleman A.; Tiruhungwa, R. M. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2004)
    The world is today experiencing more rapid changes than probably any time before. These changes, mainly propelled by the globalization process, are bearing influence on almost every sphere of life at a non-uniform pace ...
  • ICA DGRV ILO conference approaches to co-operative training 
    Chambo, Suleman A. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2006)
    Tanzania is a rural micro-agricultural country. Seventy four percent of the 34 million population is rural and depends largely on small-scale agriculture. The state of technology in agriculture is still poor, posing a ...
  • Co-operative education and 'training in Africa a continental perspective 
    Chambo, Suleman A. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2008)
    Education, training and information is one of the seven principles of co-operation that is observed worldwide, but quite neglected and marginally treated in the budgets of co-operative organizations, especially in Africa. ...
  • Power Dynamics between Farmers and Market Masters 
    Nyamba, S. Y.; Martin, R.; Kalungwizi, V.J.; Busindeli, I. M.; Kilima, Fredy T.; Msuya-Bengesi, C.P.; Chija, B.B.; Mvena, Z.S.K.; Mloz, M.R.S.; Gjotterud, S.M.; Kiranga, E. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2016)
    Like in many places in rural Tanzania, tomato production has become an important economic horticultural activity. The main reasons for the sudden upsurge of tomato production over the past few years include its better market ...
  • Transaction costs and food security 
    Mbise, M; Ngongola, D.H.; TChale, H.; Maonga, B.; Kilima, Fredy.T. (2010)
    The study will asses transaction costs in the maize marketing channels in Southern Highlands of Tanzania (Iringa, Mbeya and Ruvuma). This is a major maize producing zone. Linking this zone with food deficit regions like ...
  • Impact of farm-gate price on food security in Ludewa district of Iringa region, Tanzania 
    M, Mbise; Ngongola, D. H.; Mloza, B.; TChale, H.; Maonga, B.; Kilima, Fredy T. (University of Malawi, 2012)
    Tanzania is not drought prone, but food insecurity in the country is both transitory and chronic in nature. Agriculture which is the backbone of the country’s economy is the main sector that can solve the problem of ...
  • The role of Universities in creating ICT awareness, literacy and expertise: Experiences from Tanzanian public universities 
    Lwoga, Edda T.; Sife, Alfred S.; Chilimo, Wanyenda; Busagala, Lazaro S. (Paper presented at the International ICT Conference, 2004)
    This paper discusses, analyzes and gives a way forward on the creation of ICT awareness, literacy and expertise in public universities in Tanzania. Relevant literature and websites were reviewed and interviews with key ...
  • Market Development in Suppor elopment in Support of Sor t of Sorghum and Millet F ghum and Millet Farmers in armers in Tanzania and Zambia 
    Erbaugh, J. Mark; Mbiha, Emmanuel R.; Kilima, Fredy T.; Hamukwala, Precious; Tembo, Gelson (University of Nebraska, 2010)
    This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the International Sorghum and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL CRSP) at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has ...
  • User-perceived Quality of Selected Tanzanian Public University Websites 
    Sife, Alfred S.; Msoffe, Grace E. (Library Philosophy and Practice, 2013)
    A study was conducted to assess the quality of websites of five selected public universities in Tanzania. The main purpose of the study was to understand the quality of university websites from users’ perspectives. ...
  • Disaster Economic Vulnerability and Recovery Programs Experience from Tanzania 
    Kumburu, Neema P. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2023)
    Disaster risk is described as “the probable damage of life, injury, or demolished or spoiled properties that might happen to a network, organization, or a communal in a particular time, infuenced probabilistically as a ...
  • Ontology-based knowledge management framework in business organizations and water users networks in Tanzania 
    Kumburu, Neema P. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2023)
    Todays’ economy is considered knowledge economy this is because formation and utilization of facts is crucial and plays a major part in the creation of wealth. Economic achievement is progressively founded upon the actual ...
  • Uses of Mobile Phones in Agriculture-based Small and Medium Enterprises in Ulanga District, Tanzania 
    Kisusi, Fidelis; Sife, Alfred S. (Journal of continuing Education and Extension, 2015)
    This study examined the uses oj mobile telephony in agriculture-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ulanga district, Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined the innovative uses oj mobile telephony and established ...
  • Lost Opportunity for Economic Empowerment 
    Jonathan, Samuel M.; Kumburu, Neema P. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2016)
    Tanzania celebrated 50 years of mainland independence. In the past half a century, cooperatives were denied the opportunity to promote economic empowerment because of the state’s anticapitalist policies and practices. ...
  • Gender equality in co-operatives 
    Mayala, Nyanjige M.; Kumburu, Neema P. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2018)
    Gender inequality has been a shout in so many aspects in the World and much more intense in the developing economies due to cultures and scramble for resources. Agricultural and Marketing Co-operative Societies (AMCOS) ...
  • An Overview of Population Growth and Sustainable Development in SubSaharan Africa 
    Pande, Vincent S.; Kumburu, Neema P. (Moshi Co-operative University, 2018)
    Development efforts in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are harmed by a combination of many factors, high rates of population growth being among of them. Despite the strong links between population and ...
  • Web Search Behaviour of Postgraduate Students at Sokoine Web Search Behaviour of Postgraduate Students at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania 
    Sife, Alfred S. (Library Philosophy and Practice, 2013)
    A study was conducted on the Web search behaviour of postgraduates at Sokoine University of Agriculture. Specifically, the study sought to understand the search characteristics of postgraduates, reasons for using the ...