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5. Socio-cultural Factors influencing livestock investment decisions among Smallholder Farmers in Mbulu and Bariadi Districts, Tanzania.

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dc.contributor.author Mayala, N. M
dc.contributor.author Mangasini, A. K
dc.contributor.author Msuya, E.E
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-10T10:04:45Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-10T10:04:45Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation Mayala, N. M., Msuya, E.E., & Mangasini, A.K. (2017). Socio-cultural Factors influencing livestock investment decisions among Smallholder Farmers in Mbulu and Bariadi Districts, Tanzania. Global Business Review,20(5), 1-17. en_US
dc.identifier.other DOI: 10.1177/0972150917742556
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/1533
dc.description.abstract Several different actors are involved in making sure smallholder farmers are motivated to commit funds in expectation of future returns (investment decisions) from useful domesticated animals (livestock). However, efforts by the government, international organizations and the private sector have not been able to significantly increase trade trends in Tanzania’s livestock which explains that there could be a lot more reasons for that. This manuscript assesses the socio-cultural factors (SCFs) influencing livestock investment decisions among smallholder farmers in Mbulu and Bariadi districts in Tanzania. A cross sectional research design was employed where a sample of 333 respondents and 9 key informants were interviewed. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire and a key informant checklist. A binary logistic regression model (BLRM) was used to analyse the relationship between SCFs and livestock investment decisions. Results show that store of wealth is the most influencing factor fol lowed by prestige, bride prices, ethnicity and number of children (significant at p < 0.05) to household livestock investment decisions. The study generally concludes that smallholder farmers consider their cultural perspectives before they decide on livestock management styles and that blending the SCFs and other factors could secure more livestock investments. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Global Business Review en_US
dc.subject Livestock en_US
dc.subject Investment decisions (LiDe), en_US
dc.subject Smallholder farmers en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.subject Mbulu en_US
dc.title 5. Socio-cultural Factors influencing livestock investment decisions among Smallholder Farmers in Mbulu and Bariadi Districts, Tanzania. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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