Browsing by Author "Mmasa, Joel Johnson"

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    Impact of ginger farming to smallholder farmers’ income in Tanzania – case of Same district
    (SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017) Mmasa, Joel Johnson
    The study aimed to assess the contribution of ginger farming to smallholder farmers’ income in Same District Tanzania. A cross sectional research design was adopted; sample sizes of 244 respondents were obtained through purposive and non-purposive sampling techniques. The study has used both quantitative and qualitative methods approaches. Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel (Ms Excel) were used to analyze data. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for data analysis. The data revealed that ginger production is profitable, with the gross margin of TZS 7,050,000 per acre/per annum. Returns to labour for ginger production revealed to be TZS 33,894.23.The data further, revealed that majority of respondents (71.3%) reported that their income accrued from ginger business were between TZS 1,000,001 to TZS 5,000,000 per annum whilst others few (1.7%) reported that their income were above TZS 10,000,000 per annum. Finally, the study found that the major problems affecting ginger farming in the district included; Low price fetched (54.5%) and inadequate capital to run the business (27%). Other factors included poor transportation, drought and unavailability of laborers. The higher returns to labour observed in ginger farming enterprise could have been contributed to adoption and use of labour saving technologies such as oxen-plough and use of improved seeds. The profit from ginger contributes significantly to the household income. Hence, it is important to create public awareness on the potential for the sector. The study also recommends for farmers to increase land under cultivation, define a more constructive role for the farmers union and discourage farm gate prices by establishing selling points which also offer value addition and storage facilities.
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    Social-economic factors influencing ginger (Zingiber Officinale) productivity among smallholders growers in Tanzania - case of Same district
    (IISTE, 2017) Mmasa, Joel Johnson; Mhagama, Joseph Kizito
    The study aimed to investigate the social economic factors influencing ginger productivity among smallholders growers. A cross sectional research design was adopted; the sample size of 251 respondents was obtained through purposive and non-purposive sampling techniques. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for data analysis. Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) and Excel software were used to analyze the data. The data revealed that the factors included in the model explain the variation obtained in ginger yield with determination coefficients R2 (adjusted) indicates that 78.3% of the variation in ginger yield obtained by farmers is explained by the variable included in the estimated model. Generally It can thus be concluded that farmer’s education level, the use of fertilizer, land size under ginger production and frequency of contacting extension services had significant contribution to ginger farming and hence productivity. It is recommended that to expand extension services to ensure that smallholder ginger farmers have access to high-yielding ginger seed varieties and improved farm inputs, storage and marketing facilities and encourage ginger farmers to increase land under cultivation. Smallholder farmers own small parcels of land but still cultivate only small portions of it. Smallholder farmers need to be assisted to expand the area under cultivation. This may help transform the current farming system from smallholder farming to larger scale. Hence, it is important to create public awareness on the potential for the ginger crop to contribute to the household income by using labor saving technologies and improved varieties.