From Collective Villages to Private Ownership

Owens, Geoffrey Ross

doi:10.3998/jar.0521004.0070.203

Cited by 4 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 17 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…When the government implemented a socialist and self-reliance policy, the number of tractors declined significantly from 17,000 units in 1970 to about 8,000 units in 1985 (FAO 2022). 4 Under the policy, private enterprises, including large-scale private farms, were nationalized, and millions of rural residents were relocated to communal settlements (Owens 2014). Incentives to increase production in these farms were low mainly due to centralized price control and poor management of communal production activities.…”

Section: The Trend Of Tractor Use In Tanzaniamentioning

confidence: 99%

Mechanization in Tanzania: Impact of Tractorization on Intensification and Extensification of Rice Farming

Magezi

Nakano

Sakurai

2023

Natural Resource Management and Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this chapter, we explore the effects of mechanized tillage among rice farmers in Tanzania. We use two-year panel data to examine the expansion of the area under rice cultivation (extensification) and the intensive use of yield-enhancing rice technologies (intensification). We categorize farmers based on the implements they use to prepare their rice plots, namely four-wheel tractors (4WTs), two-wheel tractors or power tillers (2WTs), draft animals (DAs), and the use of manually operated tools such as hand hoes (HTs). We then examine how the use of each implement is associated with intensification and extensification. We find, among other things, that 2WTs are highly associated with high adoption rates of improved rice technology, resulting in high paddy yield. We do not find any strong evidence that 4WTs or 2WTs significantly affect extensification compared to DAs. This chapter's findings suggest that, since 2WTs can play a role in the intensification of rice farming in SSA, policies to promote the use of this mechanical technology should be implemented.

show abstract

Section: The Trend Of Tractor Use In Tanzaniamentioning

confidence: 99%

Mechanization in Tanzania: Impact of Tractorization on Intensification and Extensification of Rice Farming

Magezi

Nakano

Sakurai

2023

Natural Resource Management and Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Technology, capital, and sustainability: Frontiers in just transitions for African mining

Tomassi,

Kinyondo

2024

Resources Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

‘We are not farmers’: Dilemmas and prospects of residential suburban cultivators in contemporary Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Owens

2016

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Today, a majority of citizens of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, participate in suburban and exurban growth and development much like urbanites throughout the world. Unlike the garden suburbs of North America or Europe, Dar es Salaam's suburban residents often engage in multiple income-generating activities, the most common and conspicuous of which are cultivation and animal husbandry. The presence of urban farming has suggested that Dar es Salaam's residents represent peasants incrementally transitioning to urban life. This article however, contends that everything from the varieties of cultivation, access to land and water, to the definition of what it means to be a farmer is shaped by decentralised private interests controlling access to land and resources in suburban neighbourhoods. The varieties of cultivation and animal husbandry instead reflect socioeconomic class distinctions emerging from a new suburban political economy, enabling a clearer perspective on the prospects of cultivators as these suburban districts transform.

show abstract

From Collective Villages to Private Ownership

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Mechanization in Tanzania: Impact of Tractorization on Intensification and Extensification of Rice Farming

Mechanization in Tanzania: Impact of Tractorization on Intensification and Extensification of Rice Farming

Technology, capital, and sustainability: Frontiers in just transitions for African mining

‘We are not farmers’: Dilemmas and prospects of residential suburban cultivators in contemporary Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About