| dc.creator |
Girabi, Frank |
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| dc.creator |
Mwakaje, Agnes G. |
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| dc.date |
2016-03-16T10:05:40Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-03-16T10:05:40Z |
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| dc.date |
2013 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-04-18T11:50:17Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-04-18T11:50:17Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Girabi, F. and Mwakaje, A.E.G., 2013. Impact of microfinance on smallholder farm productivity in tanzania: The case of iramba district. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 3(2), p.227. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1000 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10727 |
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| dc.description |
Over the past two decades, there has been a high promotion of microfinance institutions (MFI) in
Tanzania. In 1990s there was only 825 MFI which increased to 1,875 in 2005. Currently, the
country is estimated to have more than 5000 MFI. The promise of MFI lies in the belief that
microfinance could empower poor people to fight against poverty through easy access to credit.
But what is the actual impact of MFI on the ground? Empirical evidence in this area is
inconclusive. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of microfinance on
agricultural productivity by smallholder farmers in Tanzania with the case study of Iramba
District. A total of 98 respondents were selected randomly from credit beneficiaries (CB) and noncredit
beneficiaries (NCB). The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and
multiple regression analysis. Findings revealed that, CB realized high agricultural productivity
compared to the NCB respondents. This is partly because the CB were relatively better in
accessing markets for agricultural commodities, use of inputs and adoption of improved farming
technologies. The major factors hindering smallholder farmers’ access to credit were reported to
be lack of information, inadequate credit supply, high interest rates and defaulting. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.subject |
Micro fiancé |
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| dc.subject |
agricultural productivity |
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| dc.subject |
poverty alleviation |
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| dc.subject |
Africa |
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| dc.subject |
Tanzania |
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| dc.subject |
Iramba District |
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| dc.title |
Impact of Microfinance on Smallholder Farm Productivity in Tanzania: The Case of Iramba District |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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