Browsing by Author "Kazuzuru, Benedicto"

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Barriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices among farmers in Tanzania, case study of Mbarali district
(World Wide Journal of Multidiscip linary Research and Development, 2018) Msemo, Emanuel; Sayi, Soleji; Kazuzuru, Benedicto
Current conventional agriculture systems of production lead to environmental degradation, economic problems, and even social problems. Despite having support from change agents, farm organizations, conservation organizations, or environmental groups, Commercial firms or dealerships, farmers in Tanzania are seldom adopting sustainable agriculture practices. This study was set to examine social economic factors influencing/hindering a farmer’s adoption of sustainable agriculture in Mbarali district of Mbeya region in Tanzania. A binary logistic regression model was used to analyze such factors. It was established that the closer the farmer is from town, a farmer having training in agriculture, a farmer having an off farm income and a farmer having a huge farm are having positive influence on a farmer adopting sustainable agriculture. On contrary, a farmer being young does not motivate him to adopt sustainable agriculture. Nevertheless the finding on a farmer’s age still needs further investigation as some literature suggests this not to be the case. It is therefore recommended to the government and other stakeholders to encourage farmers to have off farm incomes by providing credits and market access so as to motivate sustainable agriculture.
Determinants of inbound tourism demand in Tanzania.
(Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013-05) Kazuzuru, Benedicto
The study investigates the determinants of inbound tourism demand both at macro and micro levels. At macro level the study investigates the determinants of the number of tourist arrivals, while at micro level the study investigates the determinants of the per capita expenditure of tourists, their length of stay and their choice of a package tour. In achieving the first objective, panel data regression analysis was employed using the number of arrivals obtained from the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources (1995-2007) as well as a number of covariates from different sources. Regarding the determinants of tourists’ per capita expenditure, an OLS was applied on a cross-section of tourists surveyed in the years 2001, 2007 and 2008. As for the length of stay, a survival analysis was employed, whereas for the choice of a package tour a binary logistic regression was used, in each case using the cross-section data of the years 2001, 2007 and 2008. Among the key findings is that non price factors (such as the country’s economic development) are more influential than price factors in attracting tourists to Tanzania. Trip-related characteristics of the tourists such as purpose of visit and the number in travel party were found to be the most influential variables in explaining tourists’ daily spending, length of stay and choice of package tour. To promote the number of arrivals it is implied that the government should invest more in the non-price factors such as infrastructure whereas to enhance micro demand, promotion organs and other stakeholders should attune their marketing strategies more to trip-related characteristics of the tourists than to other factors.