Rural livelihood in semiarid Tanzania is centred on subsistence agricultural production under conditions of a stochastic rainfall pattern and highly erodible soils. This paper draws data from 499 smallholder farmers in Dodoma region-central Tanzania, to study their adaptive efforts and the influences on agricultural productivity in this agro-ecological zone. Results show a significant relationship (p = 0.05 and p = 0.01) between variables explaining adaptive efforts and soil erosion. ). The authors thank the 499 smallholder farmers in Dodoma region for their valuable information and the Village Extension Officers-Mrs. Ulomi (Mvumi makulu), Mrs. Lettayo (Hombolo bwawani), Ms. Mrawa (Farkwa) and Mr. Hando (Mondo)-for the facilitation data collection exercise. The authors are also thankful to two anonymous reviewers for their suggestions, which have improved the quality of this article tremendously.The authors gratefully acknowledge the Belgian government, through the SUA-VLIR programme, for funding this study.
The general objective of this study was to describe a socioeconomic factor that influences consumption of processed sweet potato products in the study area. The study was cross sectional in design and was conducted in Shinyanga and Mwanza regions. The study employed individual interviews, focused group discussions, review of relevant practical documents and discussions from a total of 30 surveyed households. The data collected was summarized using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) windows versions 18.0, excel and content analysis. The survey revealed that two factors mostly influences one to consume processed sweet potato were attractive packaging (51.0%) and nutritional value (34.7%). Other factors mentioned included; taste (95.0%), freshness (80.8%), shelf life (85.8%), texture (57.5%), economy (price) (57.5%), Nutritional factor (72.5%) and color (50.8%).
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