Rural Roads and Agricultural Development in Swaziland

Lindsay, Abby; Kongolo, Mukole

doi:10.1080/09709274.2014.11906814

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“…The construction of a new rural road can lead directly to the construction of a new secondary school funded by a private foundation (Lindsay & Kongolo, 2014). The study suggests an alternative low-cost intermediate means of transport that provides minimum level of improvement in rural transport, based on previous experience from other African countries of Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda Rwanda, Kenya, and Malawi (Table 4).…”

Section: Issues In Social Sciencementioning

confidence: 95%

“…According to Akinola (2007), conditions in most rural areas seem to be poor, because they have been denied improved social and infrastructural facilities as those in urban areas. Lindsay and Kongolo (2014) stated that neglected rural roads increases the cost of maintenance, especially at the end of rainy season. As such, this leads to rural transportation becoming very difficult and costly due to poor conditions in rural areas.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This includes increased agricultural production leading to increases in rural incomes (Knox et al, 2013). In terms of the benefits of rural roads construction and maintenance, many studies suggest that they correlate with lower input prices and freight costs (Ngezahayo et al, 2019), lead to increases in crop outputs (Lindsay & Kongolo, 2014), increase cultivated farm areas (Ngila, 2007), while Escobal and Ponce (2002) reinforced the benefits of small rural roads in terms of enhanced agricultural production, employment, living standards and poverty reduction. The maintenance of rural roads is a heavy burden on many African governments.…”

Section: Improving Maintaining and Constructing New Rural Roadsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although such maintenance of roads may only need the use of local labour and equipment, the lack of planning and/or funding impacts on the effectiveness of the maintenance (Ngezahayo et al, 2019). Involving rural people in labour-based road construction and maintenance related works is an evidence of providing them with valuable maximum pro-poor benefits of employment opportunities (Paudel, 2014;Starkey & Hine, 2014); which helps them to improve education outcome, visit health facilities and fight high rate of poverty Lindsay and Kongolo (2014).…”

Section: Improving Maintaining and Constructing New Rural Roadsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perceived Role of Rural Roads in Supporting and Enhancing Rural and Agricultural Development in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Kongolo¹

2020

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The aim of this study was to reassess the important role of rural roads in supporting and enhancing agricultural and rural development. The study covered seven districts (units) of 35,187 sq km, with a total population of 2,772,509 (2013 est) in the region. The analysis is descriptive and it is based on secondary data using tables and graphs. The emphasis was to characterise important role rural roads can play in facilitating the movements of goods and services in rural areas. The findings revealed that rural roads in the region are in poor conditions, which influenced the cost of transporting farm produce from rural to urban areas. The study concluded that improved rural roads will benefit more small farmers and individuals residing in rural areas. The regional government should be equipped with finance, personnel and equipment to manage and maintain existing rural roads to ensure effective movement of goods and services in the region. The study suggested that existing rural road conditions need improvement to enhance development in the region. Both national and regional governments should embark on various policies of upgrading and maintaining rural roads to support and accelerate rural development in Mwanza region.

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Section: Issues In Social Sciencementioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Improving Maintaining and Constructing New Rural Roadsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Improving Maintaining and Constructing New Rural Roadsmentioning

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Perceived Role of Rural Roads in Supporting and Enhancing Rural and Agricultural Development in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Kongolo¹

2020

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“…Inadequate rural roads make it hard for farmers to produce more and to transport any surpluses after harvest. Traffic on most rural roads still consists mainly of pedestrians often carrying head loads (DFID 2008;Lindsay 2015). Poor and inadequate rural roads have been the main concern by both small producers and consumers.…”

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The effect of rural road transport infrastructure on smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity in Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Tamene¹,

Megento²

2017

Auc Geographica

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This study was carried out to examine access to rural road infrastructure and its effects on smallholder farmers' agricultural productivity in Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia. A three stage random sampling technique was employed to select 500 farming households in the study area and data was collected on their socio-economic and farm specific characteristics. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The result of multiple regression model used revealed that distance to major market is important in predicting agricultural productivity of smallholder farmers at 5% levels of probability in Abe Dongoro, Amuru and Hababo Guduru districts. Ownership of intermediate means of transport was also found to influence agricultural productivity in Horro, Amuru and Hababo Guduru districts (p = 0.05). Further analysis of the regression model showed a significant negative correlation between distance to nearest all weather roads and distance to zonal head quarter on one hand and agricultural productivity on the other hand in Abe Dongoro, Hababo Guduru and Amuru districts. Rural kebeles of Abe Dongoro and Amuru districts which has vast agricultural potential were found to be the most inaccessible in Horro Guduru Wollega Zone. It is therefore suggested that interventions in the transport sector should include provision of rural roads as well as measures that will help improve vehicle supply in rural areas. An attempt has to be done also to increase the use of intermediate means of transport to ease agricultural inputs and outputs mobility and farm access.

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Rural Roads - Issues and Development: Overview

Rajović

Bulatović²

2019

JMAS

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At the beginning of the 21st century the UN Millennium Development Goals drew the attention of the development community to social development projects, and infrastructure development was only given a new impetus with the World Trade Organization (WTO). Rural transport depends on appropriate infrastructure where consists mainly of rural roads, tracks, trails and footpaths. Methodology: As rural households, spend a large amount of time and effort on transport activities to fulfill their basic needs, they are very often severely hampered by the lack of an adequate rural roads network. World Bank study estimated that 15 % of the agricultural produce is lost between the farm gate and the consumer because of poor roads and inappropriate storage facilities alone, adversely influencing the income of farmers. International Fund for Agricultural Development observed that construction of rural roads almost inevitably leads to increase in agricultural production and productivity by bringing in new land into cultivation, intensifying existing land use to take advantage of expanded market opportunities. Results: Therefore, in this paper points to are some aspects of the character of rural roads for the development of rural economy. Namely, in order to avoid the problems associated with rural road development, it is advisable to prepare a rural road plan by building strong database, which consists of village level information and road inventory details. Conclusion: The Village and Road Information System (V&RIS) developed under GIS environment is very much useful for problem identification, planning, allocation of resources and location of various socio - economic facilities for an integral rural development.

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Rural Roads and Agricultural Development in Swaziland

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Perceived Role of Rural Roads in Supporting and Enhancing Rural and Agricultural Development in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Perceived Role of Rural Roads in Supporting and Enhancing Rural and Agricultural Development in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

The effect of rural road transport infrastructure on smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity in Horro Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Rural Roads - Issues and Development: Overview

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