Determinants of Maize Grain Export Performance in Tanzania
| dc.creator | Shayo, Deo | |
| dc.date | 2020-11-09T06:00:12Z | |
| dc.date | 2020-11-09T06:00:12Z | |
| dc.date | 2020 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-05T08:08:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-05T08:08:42Z | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration (Corporate Management) of Mzumbe University | |
| dc.description | The study sought to assess the determinants of Tanzania Maize Grain Export Performance to the East Africa members. Time series data (1990 - 2019) for economic variables namely Gross Domestic Product(GDP), production levels, export Price earnings, Inflation, exchange rate and the Trade Openness were used to estimate maize export supply function. The study utilised the Error Correction Model (ECM) to run regression for both short and long-run. All the variables used were found stationary at first difference using Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test. After confirming that variables are stationary, cointegration test was done to investigate a long run relationship between them. The results indicated that export market price and real exchange rate are positively affecting the volume of maize export, while inflation indicated negative effects on maize export volume. On the other hand, maize production, Gross Domestic Product and openness indicated an indirect relationship with maize export in the long run. Findings concludes that an increase in maize export market price, exchange rate depreciations and increased production levels improve maize export volumes, while inflation appeared to reduce maize exports significantly as they become expensive. In long run, GDP and trade Openness gave unexpectedly negative signs indicating an indirect relationship with maize export supply. The study recommends stakeholders to consider maize grains as tradable goods to be included in export credit schemes as improvement plans, policy and advocacy issues to enhance sector contribution in the economy. | |
| dc.identifier | APA | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4457 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4457 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mzumbe University | |
| dc.subject | Tanzania Maize Grain Export | |
| dc.subject | East Africa members | |
| dc.subject | Gross Domestic Product(GDP) | |
| dc.title | Determinants of Maize Grain Export Performance in Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Thesis |