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Item Access and challenges of health facilities amongst agro-pastoralist communities in Handeni district, Tanzania(Journal of Population and Social Studies) Ringo, J. J.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Mbago, M. C. Y.Item Awareness of Peri-urban Farmers on the Concept of Climate Change: A Case of Temeke District, Dar es Salaam Region(International Knowledge Sharing Platform) Lunyelele, S. P.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Katani, J. Z.Item Consumers' perception on adoption of improved cookstoves: a case of Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania(Institute of Continuing Education, Sokoine University of Agriculture) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Kweka, A. E.Item Consumers' perception on adoption of improved cookstoves: a case of Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania(Institute of Continuing Education, Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Kweka, A. E.This study was conducted in Kilimanjaro Region to examine consumers' perceptions on adoption of Improved Cookstove (ICS) involving 294 households. The results recorded low prominence of positive perceptions among respondents on ICS relative to traditional stoves. Despite several positive attributes of ICS, the study observed that the majority of non-adopters considered positive attributes to be less important in making a decision to adopt the technology, while negative attributes were considered important in guiding decisions not to reject adoption of ICS. Consistently, the study recorded high association between high adoption levels and the relative advantages and adoption of ICS while the non-adopters weighed on the negative attributes to make their decision. This suggests that promoters of ICS should focus on end users, launching awareness campaigns to understand and address factors perceived by end users to be disadvantages of using ICS. The ICS designers and promoters should capture values of end users and incorporate them in their designs when developing technologies and innovations to foster higher adoption rates.Item Determinants of households’ adoption of improved cook stoves in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania(Sokoine University of Agriculture) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.Item Dimensions of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Small and Medium Enterprise Performance in Emerging Economies(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group) Le Roux, I.; Bengesi, K. M. K.Item Dimensions of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Small and Medium Enterprise Performance in Emerging Economies(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2014) Le Roux, I.; Bengesi, K. M. K.The removal of trade barriers has encouraged the entry of new competitors into formerly protected markets. This situation creates pressure on many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies such as Tenzania. Using a survey method and cross-sectional research design, the research examines three dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), namely: pro-activeness, risk-taking and competitive aggressiveness. (Jnderstanding their relationships and variance may help to improve our ability to explain SME performance. The findings contribute to how SME pedormance in emerging economies be enhanced to enable SMEs to face challenges posed by competitor influx in the context of an open market economy. The findings indicate a strong relationship between EO dimensions and performance, with risk- taking and competitive aggressiveness moderating the effect of pro-activeness. The proposed model could predict 72Vo of the variance explained in SME performance.Item Drivers and Consequences of Recurrent Conflicts between Farmers and Pastoralists in Kilosa and Mvomero Districts, Tanzania(Canadian Centre of Science and Education) Falanta, E. M.; Bengesi, K. M. K.Item Effects of business development service providers’ resources endowment on service delivery to performance of small and medium enterprises in Northern Tanzania(Adonis & Abbey Publishers, 2022-06) Kweka, A. E.; Makindara, J. R.; Bengesi, K. M. K.The resource endowment of business development service providers (BDSPs) is crucial for the provision of services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This paper assessed BDS providers’ resource endowment and the extent to which it enhances service delivery to SMEs in Arusha City and Moshi Municipality. A total of 65 BDS providers and 254 SMEs were sampled for the study. A cross-sectional design was used for this study. Respondents were sampled using purposive and simple random sampling. Data were collected through a questionnaire-based survey, focus group discussions, observation and documentary reviews. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data, while quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results indicated that BDS providers hardly have sufficient resource endowment to deliver their BDS to SMEs in the form of human capital, physical resources, networking ability and information systems. However, the level of resource endowment differs among BDS providers. Similarly, the surveyed BDS providers were not performing to their full potential in service delivery due to a number of challenges they were encountering. Among the reported challenges facing BDS providers were SMEs’ slow rate of adopting new knowledge and technology and insufficient financial and human resources and geographical location. The study concludes that resources such as human capital, physical capital, networking abilities, and information systems available among BDS providers contribute to building their capabilities to deliver services to SMEs. The study recommends that BDS providers capitalize on their resources to be in a better position to provide competitive services to their clients.Item Factors hindering use of standard weights and measures along Irish potato supply chain in Njombe region, Tanzania(Canadian Centre for Science and Education) Bengesi, K. M. K.Item Factors hindering use of standard weights and measures along Irish potato supply chain in Njombe region, Tanzania(Canadian Centre for Science and Education, 2018) Bengesi, K. M. K.Non-compliance with standard weights and measures in agricultural marketing in Tanzania compelled this paper to examined factors hindering use of standard weights and measures along Irish potato supply chain. To address this challenge a cross section research design was used to develop data collection plan and probability sampling was used to draw a representative sample from a sampling frame. The findings revealed that weak enforcement of the regulations governing compliance to standard weights and measures, weak extension services that failed to provide reliable market information to farmers, lack of negotiation skills among smallholder farmers against local brokers / traders coupled with inadequate market infrastructure with appropriate weights and measure facilities provide incentives for local brokers and traders to exploit smallholder farmers. For the sake of fair deals in transactions associated with Irish potato along the supply chain this paper recommends the best practices to ensure responsible business practices among actors.Item Forces driving purchasing behaviour of tourists hotels along tourist-agricultural supply chain in Zanzibar(Canadian Centre for Science and Education) Bengesi, K. M. K.; Abdalla, J. O.Item Forces driving purchasing behaviour of tourists hotels along tourist-agricultural supply chain in Zanzibar(Canadian Centre for Science and Education, 2018) Bengesi, K. M. K.; Abdalla, J. O.This paper examined forces driving tourists’ hotels purchasing behaviour. The results revealed that the tourist hotels consider several factors before deciding to source vegetables and fruits from smallholder farmers. The most prominent factors for the tourist hotels to source vegetables and fruits were consistent quality, regular supply, compliance to legal practices, and hygiene conditions. Interestingly, proximity to the tourists’ hotels and competitive price of fruits and vegetables were not among important driving forces contributing to the choice of sourcing points. This suggests that the tourist hotels are willing to pay premium prices so long they are assured of quality and regular supply, compliance to legal practices and observe hygiene conditions. With the fact that smallholder farmers lack access to appropriate market information, produce at subsistence level and lack logistic infrastructure this call for a change of mind-set among smallholder farmers and position strategically to take advantage of emerging markets.Item Household Awareness and Knowledge on Improved Cookstoves : A Case of Kilimanjaro Region, TanzaniaMassawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Kweka, A. E.Item Household Awareness and Knowledge on Improved Cookstoves : A Case of Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania(2015) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Kweka, A. E.The initiatives to replace inefficient cooking stoves with improved cookstoves (ICS) in developing countries have not been successful. The available studies have given less attention to consumer’s awareness and knowledge on ICS despite the two variables being essential on the adoption decision. This study was conducted in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania covering 294 households to explore household awareness and knowledge on ICS and establish if awareness and knowledge differ between adopters and non adopters. The findings revealed that there were limited awareness and knowledge on the use ICS and negative opinion on efficient cooking behaviour. The Mann Whitney U test showed a significant difference (p ≤ 0.001) between adopters and non adopters on efficient cooking behaviour. On the other hand, there were no significant differences (p ≥ 0.005) between adopters and non adopters on knowledge and skills of ICS use. The study concludes that the low level of awareness and knowledge on efficient cooking behaviour and on skills in respect of application of ICS might slow down the process of making decision to adopt ICS. Additionally, low knowledge may lead to non adherence to the technical use of ICS hence failing to maximize the recommended ICS efficiency which subsequently affects the perception on ICS.Item Household social economic status and adoption of improved cook Stoves: the case of Kilimanjaro region Tanzania(Roskilde University, Denmark) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.Item Mitigation and Adaptation Measures of Peri-Urban Farmers as a Response to Climate Change in Temeke District, Dar es Salaam Region(American Research Institute for Policy Development) Lunyelele, S. P.; Katani, J. Z.; Bengesi, K. M. K.Item Mitigation and Adaptation Measures of Peri-Urban Farmers as a Response to Climate Change in Temeke District, Dar es Salaam Region(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2018-06) Lunyelele, S. P.; Katani, J. Z.; Bengesi, K. M. K.This paper assessed mitigation and adaptation measures used by peri-urban farmers of Temeke District against climate change. A cross sectional design was applied of which 240 households were randomly selected for the household surveys and focus group discussions. Qualitative data were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics while content analysis was used for qualitative data analysis. The findings revealed a high level of adoption of both mitigation and adaptation measures. Kruskal Wallis Test results suggest statistically significant difference in the level of adoption of mitigation measures across three age groups at p<0.05. Nonetheless, there was no significant difference in the adoption of adaptation measures across three age groups at p>0.05. The implemented mitigation measures include cultivating cover crops, alternative energy sources, mixed farming and agroforestry. Adaptation measures comprised of drought resistant crops, economic diversification, irrigation, mixed farming, cover crops sequential cropping and intercropping. Conclusively, a high level of adoption of mitigation and adaptation measures indicates that they are inevitable. Some of adaptation measures were also used as mitigation measures indicating that they are complementary to each other. The study recommends on enhancement of existing mitigation and adaptation measures. More studies on determinants of mitigation and adaptation measures are also recommended.Item Patterns of household cooking energy and associated factors: experience from Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania(Stanford University) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Kweka, A. M.Item Patterns of household cooking energy and associated factors: experience from Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania(Researchgate) Massawe, F. A.; Bengesi, K. M. K.; Kweka, A. E.
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