Evaluation of farmers participation in oilseeds value addition and implication on their income: a case of sunflower in Kilosa
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2011
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
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.
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Farmers, oilseeds, value addition, income, sunflower