Assessment on Cashewnut Production in High Income Generation to Small Holder Cashewnut Farmers in Tanzania: The Case of Mtwara Region
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Mzumbe University
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A Dissertation is submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the
Degree of Masters of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management
(Msc PSCM) of Mzumbe University
The study assessed cashewnut production in high income generation to small holder cashewnut farmers in Tanzania. The study was guided by four specific objectives including factors affecting cashewnut production, situation on marketing processes in cashewnut production, value additions in cashewnut production and mitigating challenges. Mixed method approach was used and applied in the study which fosters the acquisition of primary data for the study which were basically collected from the cashewnut board of Tanzania, farmers and shareholders. Primary data were used to ensure the generation of new information from the field to fill the study gap from the sample of 122 respondents. Primary data were gathered using questionnaires, focus group discussions and interviews which captured the new data relevant for the study to fill the gap. The data collected through questionnaires were filled in the SPSS program to generate statistics to present the results. Data collected through interviews and focus group discussions were analyzed through content analyses which were narratively presented with themes to support the results. Correlation and multiple regressions were used to analyze the existing relationship between independent and dependent variables for quantitative information. Findings showed that three independent variables were found to be positive and statistically significant on the dependent variable on the mitigating challenges. This implied that high income generation in cashewnut production is affected by poor value addition, limited commodity marketing and production process. Besides that, cashewnut production is still in unpleasant situation such that further measures are required to be implemented first to improve the situation. Furthermore, value additions and marketing of the commodities are still poor with further measures required to improve the situation. The implication of the results is that cashewnut production is indeed affected by the value addition and marketing situation which constitute effect on the production process affecting income generation among small holder farmers. Regardless of that, the study recommended that for cashewnut production, value addition and marketing to assure high income generation among small holder farmers there must be improvement in the facilities such as industries and farming conditions such as subsidies and all other remedies and requirements that assures effective output to improve the lives of small holder farmers in terms of income.
The study assessed cashewnut production in high income generation to small holder cashewnut farmers in Tanzania. The study was guided by four specific objectives including factors affecting cashewnut production, situation on marketing processes in cashewnut production, value additions in cashewnut production and mitigating challenges. Mixed method approach was used and applied in the study which fosters the acquisition of primary data for the study which were basically collected from the cashewnut board of Tanzania, farmers and shareholders. Primary data were used to ensure the generation of new information from the field to fill the study gap from the sample of 122 respondents. Primary data were gathered using questionnaires, focus group discussions and interviews which captured the new data relevant for the study to fill the gap. The data collected through questionnaires were filled in the SPSS program to generate statistics to present the results. Data collected through interviews and focus group discussions were analyzed through content analyses which were narratively presented with themes to support the results. Correlation and multiple regressions were used to analyze the existing relationship between independent and dependent variables for quantitative information. Findings showed that three independent variables were found to be positive and statistically significant on the dependent variable on the mitigating challenges. This implied that high income generation in cashewnut production is affected by poor value addition, limited commodity marketing and production process. Besides that, cashewnut production is still in unpleasant situation such that further measures are required to be implemented first to improve the situation. Furthermore, value additions and marketing of the commodities are still poor with further measures required to improve the situation. The implication of the results is that cashewnut production is indeed affected by the value addition and marketing situation which constitute effect on the production process affecting income generation among small holder farmers. Regardless of that, the study recommended that for cashewnut production, value addition and marketing to assure high income generation among small holder farmers there must be improvement in the facilities such as industries and farming conditions such as subsidies and all other remedies and requirements that assures effective output to improve the lives of small holder farmers in terms of income.
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Cashewnut production, Small holder cashewnut farmers in Tanzania