The Contribution of District Agricultural Development Plans (DADPS), to the Income Benefit of Small Scale Farmers
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The University of Dodoma University of Dodoma Institutional Repository http://repository.udom.ac.tz Social Sciences Master Dissertations 2015 The contribution of District Agricultural Development plans (DADPS), to the income benefit of small scale farmers. A case of Bahi District Agricultural Development Programme in Dodoma, Tanzania Mtebene, Michael The University of Dodoma Mtebene, M. (2015). The contribution of District Agricultural Development plans (DADPS), to the income benefit of small scale farmers. A case of Bahi District Agricultural Development Programme in Dodoma, Tanzania (Masters dissertation). The University of Dodoma, Dodoma. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1830 Downloaded from UDOM Institutional Repository at The University of Dodoma, an open access institutional repository. THE CONTRIBUTION OF DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS (DADPS), TO THE INCOME BENEFIT OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS. A CASE OF BAHI DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMME IN DODOMA, TANZANIA By Michael Mtebene Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillments of the Requirements for a Degree of Masters of Arts in Development Studies of the University of Dodoma The University of Dodoma October, 2015 CERTIFICATION The undersigned certify that, he has read and hereby recommend for a acceptance by the University of Dodoma dissertation entitled, The contribution of District Agricultural Development plans (DADPS), to the income benefit of small scale farmers. A case of Bahi District Agricultural Development Programme in Dodoma, Tanzania in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Masters of Development Studies at the University of Dodoma. Dr. Victor George ……………………………………………….. (SUPERVISOR) Date……………………………….… i DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT I, Michael Mtebene declare that, this thesis is my own original work and that it has not been presented and will not be presented to any other University, for a similar or any other degree award. Signature ………………………………………………………. No part of this dissertation may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of the author or the University of Dodoma. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Writing this dissertation, would not have been possible without the time, support and dedication of many people. First and foremost I thank the almighty God who gave me the energy and strength to accomplish this research, second to my supervisor, Dr.Victor George for his support, encouragement, and recommendations and patience to make this report as beautiful as it is now. Third, Special gratitude should go to the Dodoma Regional Police commander (RPC), SACP David Misime for granting me time for my evening studies programme and for his mutual encouragement. Worth mentioning is that, without my respondents this dissertation would have been empty paged. I am grateful to the hardworking of DALDO and DPLO who took time to answer my questions. It was a pleasure meeting you all and I am wishing for your ambitious dreams to come true. I am indebted to Mr. Adonis Byemelwa for his cursory help in SPSS data analysis programme. I say thank you all for your assistance. My special appreciation also goes to my lovery wife, Rose Mwaliko with our children for their incessant care and encouragement while performing my research task. For the sweet friendship we had together, I say thanks to my staff mates at the Police Dog and Horse Unit, for their mutual cooperation and advice throughout my study. I finally express my deeply heart thanks to Mr. Ibrahim and Emmanuel for their help during data collection. However, it should be noted that, any shortcomings on this research entirely belong to me. iii DEDICATION I dedicate this dissertation to my children, Glory Michael, God bless Michael, Gladness Michael and Goodluck Michael. This dissertation is also dedicated to my lovely wife Rose Mwaliko. All these people have been of much help throughout my lifespan. iv ABSTRACT This study is about the contribution of District Agricultural Development Plans (DADPS) to the income benefit of small scale farmers. A case of Bahi District Agricultural Programme in Dodoma, Tanzania. The study was conducted at Bahi District in Dodoma region. Descriptive analysis was adopted in which four Local Governments Authorities (LGAs) was selected for the study. The selection was based on DADPs performance criteria as per DADPs quality assessment framework. Indeed, Bahi District was selected for the study because it is one of the District Agriculture Development Programme (DADPS) beneficiaries. The study has involved a sample of 100 respondents comprising those who were interviewed and those who filled questionnaires. It has adopted purposive and simple random sampling methods. Indeed, the study objective was to assess the contribution of DADPs to the income benefit of small scale farmers, specifically in Bahi District, Dodoma. The SPSS version16 software package was used for data analysis. The study results revealed that, DADPs assisted the households by providing farm inputs (pesticide, fertilizers and quality seeds) and livestock which supported means of improving income benefits. The households participated in the project through monetary, material and labour power which is effective participation toward improving income benefits of small scale farmers. It is therefore recommended that, the district councils should ensure that the agricultural and livestock inputs, together with other working tools are readily available to the vicinity of the project site at the right time and also at affordable prices. Lack of inputs affects the productivity of the projects. v TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATION ......................................................................................................... i DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT ......................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...........................................................................................iii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................. iv ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................ vi LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................... ix LIST OF ABREVIATIONS ....................................................................................... xii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 1 1.0 An Overview ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ........................................................................................ 1 1.2 Statement of the problem ........................................................................................ 5 1.3. Research Objectives .............................................................................................. 7 1.3.1 General Objective ................................................................................................ 7 1.3.2 The Specific objective of this study are; ............................................................. 7 1.4 Research questions ................................................................................................. 7 1.5 Significance of the study ........................................................................................ 8 1.6 Limitations of the Study ........................................................................................ 8 1.7 Delimitations of the Study…………..……………………………………………9 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................. 10 2.0 An Overview ...................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Definition of operational Terms ........................................................................... 10 2.2 Theoretical Review ............................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Modernization theory ........................................................................................ 12 2.3 Empirical Review ................................................................................................. 14 2.3.1 The state of Small scale Farming ...................................................................... 14 2.3.2 Agriculture and small scale farmers‟ access to income ..................................... 16 2.3.3 Agriculture and Tanzania‟s Millennium Development Goals. .......................... 17 2.3.4 Modalities of Implementing Agriculture Development Plans in Tanzania ....... 18 vi 2.4 Measurement of Povert ......................................................................................... 20 2.5 Conceptual frame work ........................................................................................ 21 2.6 Research gap ......................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ....................................... 24 3. 0 An Overview ....................................................................................................... 24 3.1 Research Design ..................................................................................................