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Determinants of Farmers’ participation in high value crops in Tanzania

African Journal of Economic Review

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Title Determinants of Farmers’ participation in high value crops in Tanzania
 
Creator Mutayoba, V
Ngaruko, D
 
Subject Market participation, smallholders, high value crops, Tanzania.
 
Description This paper is based on a study undertaken to analyze market participation of tomato smallholder famers in three districts of Morogoro region in eastern Tanzania. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was employed to select the sample. Determinants and extent of market participation were estimated using Heckman selection and outcome equations respectively. It was found that characteristics of market participants and non-market participants were not statistically different. The paper recommends that that the government should beef up extension services especially in the aspect of market information to farmers in order to enlighten them on the recommended production techniques, market price and also to improve tomato production. Moreover, rural information centres as well as mobile telephony system should be formed so as to enhance tomato farmers’ regular access to information on market dynamics.Key words: Market participation, smallholders, high value crops, Tanzania.
 
Publisher Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-07-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/119485
 
Source African Journal of Economic Review; Vol 3, No 2 (2015); 102-116
1821-8148
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/119485/108942
 
Rights The copyright belongs to: African Journal of Economic Review, Centre for Economics and Community Economic Development, The Open University of Tanzania, P.O.Box 23409, Dar es salaam, Tanzania