Economic viability of improved fodder production in Iringa region: comparative cost – benefit analysis of different on-farm treatments
| dc.contributor.author | Mbwaga, A. I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mgeni, C. P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kadigi, R. M. J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-01T11:01:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-01T11:01:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description | Research article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Inadequate fodder production and availability has been a challenge to the livestock farmers in Tanzania. This study assessed the economic viability of fodder production using on-farm treatments at ASAS farm in Iringa region. A Completely Randomized Design was employed to arrange 24 sub-plots (six treatments and four replications) in plots of 10m x 10m dimension making a 100m 2 which is equivalent to 0.025 acres. Sub-plots were spaced each at 0.5m apart from the adjacent plot by a 1m wide path around the plot’s boundaries receiving different treatments of fertilizer. The total area for Rhodes’s grass (Chloris gayana) study was 2835m 2 . The seeds were sown in each plot and fertilizers were applied in Treatment two -Cattle Farm Yard Manure (T2-CFYM), T3 (CFYM)+Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulphur, and Zinc (NPSZn), T4 (NPSZn), T5 (NPSZn)+Sulphate of Ammonium (SA) and T6 (NPSZn + Urea) while T1 remained as a control (no fertilizer). Through Microsoft Excel, Cost-Benefit Analysis was done to assess the economic viability of each treatment. The study findings revealed that Treatment 3 and Treatment 6 of the experiments yielded positive Net Present Values (NPVs) of TZS 346 601.3 and TZS 1 324 442; Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) of 1.46 and 1.72; and Internal Rates of Return (IRR) of 15% and 16%, respectively. It is concluded that the application of T3 and T6 to the Rhodes grass would improve fodder profitability. It is recommended that with the experiment, large and smallholder farmers may produce enough fodder for themselves and surplus for sale to other livestock keepers. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0856-6070 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5283 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Eastern and Southern Africa Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume 12, No. 1, June 2022; | |
| dc.subject | Production treatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fodder production | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rhodes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) | en_US |
| dc.title | Economic viability of improved fodder production in Iringa region: comparative cost – benefit analysis of different on-farm treatments | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |