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    Youth participation in horticulture and poverty reduction in rural areas: A case study of horticultural production in Mvomero district, Tanzania
    (Mzumbe university, 2015) Gulamiwa, George Nyalulu
    The primary objective of the study was to assess the contribution of youth owned horticultural farms in poverty reduction in rural areas using a case of horticultural production in Mvomero District. The specific objectives were to: identify types of horticultural farms owned by youth, performance of youth in horticultural production, find out socio-economic outcomes of youth participation in horticultural production, and identify factors influencing youth horticultural activities and to find out ways of improving the youth horticultural production. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to get data from 60 respondents. Data were collected through interview, structured questionnaires, observations and group focused discussions and analyzed by using Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) and Microsoft excel programme. Finally, the findings were presented in tables and pie charts. Findings show that horticultural farms owned by the youth were tomatoes, cabbage, green pepper, carrot, cauliflower, eggplant and potatoes farms. The performance of the youth in horticulture was good as indicated by their positive perception of the horticultural activities, quantity and quality of the product produced, socio economic outcomes of horticulture including increased household income, house construction, ability to pay education cost, ability to get basic needs and ability to save. Facilitating factors included water availability, construction of horticulture center, support from the government and NGOs, willingness of the youth and poverty. Limiting factor included high cost inputs, transport problems, bureaucracy on subsidies distribution, poor financial support and farming technology. Basing on the limits, it is recommended that improving transport system, environment to access loans and quality control system on subsidies should be improved. Also, a holistic approach is necessary to realize positive socio-economic impacts on the people employed in horticulture.
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    Assessment of performance of vocational training centers on youth unemployment reduction: A case of Mkokotoni vocational training centre in northern district, Zanzibar
    (2013) Juma N. Juma
    Youth unemployment is a serious problem facing developed and developing countries since the early 2000s, and it has huge impact in the socio-economic context. It was therefore important to deploy initiatives in order to overcome or reduce the consequences of this problem. Vocational training was thought to be the best option to counteract the problem. This study assessed the performance of VTCs on youth unemployment reduction in Zanzibar where four main aspects involved which were: courses offered in VTCs, students’ enrolment trend, extent to which VTCs reduced unemployment, and challenges which faced VTCs. The study used an exploratory research design and involved 140 respondents to assess performance through administration of a questionnaire, interviews, focused group discussions, observation, and documentary review. The findings revealed that a total of eleven courses offered, and the Majority of respondents joined in courses which depended on being employed or had low employment possibilities. Also, students’ enrolment was still very low (below 1 percent). It was found that only 28 percent of trainees had employment while 72 percent had no employment, and the main employer was hotel industries which employed 55 percent of trainees while 45 percent were self-employed. In addition, there was inadequate training materials by 74 percent and shortage of materials and equipment's for field and practical sessions by 55 percent. To a large extent, performance of VTCs was affected by different challenges such as lack of areas for field practices (27 percent), and poor coordination (14 percent) which limit the performance of VTCs towards well qualified and competent trainees delivery. It therefore concluded that VTCs’ performance on youth unemployment reduction is still not satisfactory. The study therefore recommended measures to improve VTCs’ performance in employment creation such as: the Government should collaborate with the private sector, ensure accessibility of VTCs in tourism areas and review of VTCs’ curriculum to suit with the current situation of labour market
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    Vegetable production and household poverty reduction in Ludewa district
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Mlelwa, Faraja
    This study examines the contribution of vegetable production to household poverty reduction. It was conducted in Njombe region, using Ludewa District as a case in point. Specifically, the study intended to: identify types and quantity of vegetable grown in the study area, establish the contribution of vegetable production to household income, compare income from agricultural activities (i.e. farming) with income from vegetable and non vegetable farmers. It was to find out the effects of vegetable production on income poverty in the district. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to get a total of 70 respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires, semi- structured interviews and checklists. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyze data. The results of the study showed that, vegetable production contributes to the increase in the income of vegetable producers (smallholder farmers). On the side of non-income poverty, there is increase in quantity of vegetable production, increase in food security, as well as improvement in access and affordability of health and education services. Thus, this study has established that there is significant contribution of vegetable production to household income, hence poverty reduction. It can be concluded that there is huge potential in using horticulture for poverty reduction. To make horticulture activities sustainable, it is recommended that, there must be deliberate efforts in improving access to land by legally allocating special area for horticulture. Since most of the farmers are found in rural areas there is a need to improve infrastructure for easier rural transport.
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    Microfinance and poverty reduction among women: The case of BRAC in Dodoma municipal council
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Omari, Rukia B.
    The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of loan provided by BRAC in reducing poverty among women in Dodoma Municipality. The study used cross sectional research design to achieve this objective. The target group was between women who had secured loans from BRAC and women who had not secured loans from any financial institutions at the time of the study. The study employed two main data sources, questionnaire and interview guide. The sample size was 100 respondents of which 47 were women who had secured loans from BRAC; 47 women who had not secured loans from financial institutions and 6 officers from BRAC. Differences in poverty levels between loan beneficiaries and loan non-beneficiaries were analyzed using an independent sample t-test and chi-square test. Differences were observed among five poverty indicators, namely income, savings, assets, education and health. Findings indicate that BRAC reach poor women in Dodoma Municipality as most of the loan conditions are affordable for even to very poor women. However, the findings revealed that no association was found between assets ownership, savings, access to better health services and better education with respect to being a BRAC member. Moreover, it was found that majority of women did not face any major constraint during loan processing, but some of them complained on delays, long process and hard conditions. The control group (non-beneficiaries) had no plan to secure loans from BRAC due to various reasons including interest rate, amount of loan given and hard conditions. This study recommends sensitization of the community on the potential of interest free financial services provided by some banks in Tanzania. Finally, areas for further research are given to enhance our understanding on the research topic.