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
Abstract
Kilosa District rural roads programme is part of
the rural development programmes being undertaken by
the Irish Development Agency in the District.
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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