Impact of rural feeder roads on rural development: a case study of Kilosa district

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1983

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Sokoine University of Agriculture

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Kilosa District rural roads programme is part of the rural development programmes being undertaken by the Irish Development Agency in the District. The agency has undertaken to improve two rural roads by building bridges and culverts and grading the roads to all weather conditions. The two roads, Myombo-Kidete and Rudewa-Nongwe are to serve the Communication Stricken mountain areas of Rubeho and Nongwe, in order to enable the people in that part of Kilosa District to raise their standards of living, by improving agriculture, marketing produce and gaining access to socio-economic infrastructures. The people of the area at the moment face severe lack of rural roads and rural transport to link them to sources of farm inputs, markets for agricultural pro­ duce sources of contacts for extension agents, health services, communication systems and other necessary social infrastructures. The study was designed to analyse factors which affect the development of rural areas in Kilosa District namely:

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Rural Feeder Impact

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