Barriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices among farmers in Tanzania, case study of Mbarali district

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dc.contributor.authorMsemo, Emanuel
dc.contributor.authorSayi, Soleji
dc.contributor.authorKazuzuru, Benedicto
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-25T08:36:15Z
dc.date.available2023-08-25T08:36:15Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractCurrent 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.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-6615
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5673
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld Wide Journal of Multidiscip linary Research and Developmenten_US
dc.subjectAgricultural systemsen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental degradationen_US
dc.subjectConservation organizationsen_US
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen_US
dc.subjectMbaralien_US
dc.subjectMbeyaen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleBarriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices among farmers in Tanzania, case study of Mbarali districten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlwww.wwjmrd.comen_US

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