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Evaluation of farmers participation in oilseeds value addition and implication on their income: a case of sunflower in Kilosa
(Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2011) Abdallah, G. F
This study aimed at evaluating farmers participation in the value addition to oilseeds and its implication on their income with special emphasis on sunflower. The general objective was to increase production and income generation through value addition in the rural sunflower potential areas of Tanzania. Specifically the study aimed to: assess processing capacity and utilization, identify factors influencing farmer participation in value addition, describe marketing channels of fanner value added sunflower, describe oil millers’ constraints and assess the change in value of sunflower produce due to processing. Structured questionnaires were used to collect primary data from purposefully selected 205 respondents: 100 participating, 100 non participating farmers and five oil millers from eight villages. Discussions and participatory observations methods were also used. The logit model was estimated using data from 200 farmers to test the hypothesis that socio-economic and institutional factors influence fanner participation in value addition. The results indicate that milling capacity is about 11 280 kg per day of which only about 32.3% is utilized at peak period and about 14.3% when sunflower is scarce. Processed sunflower increased in value by about 62.7% and most of the products were sold in the village. Education and price had significant positive influences while inadequate knowledge, low household income and poor market information had significant negative influence. In order to improve value addition there should be effective fanners involvement in the process of imparting knowledge to them. Reliable market information system countrywide which can effectively connects producers and buyers, electricity and rural road network need as well to be in place.