Globally, the importance of effective procurement management is increasingly recognized as essential for achieving project success and maximizing value for stakeholders (Barla, 2018; Ambekar, Deshmukh & Hudnurkar, 2020). ...

The effectiveness of the Annual Procurement Plan (APP) implementation within Tanzanian Local Government Authorities (LGAs) has raised growing concern. This study aimed to examine the determinants influencing effective APP ...

Access to agricultural research information is essential for enabling smallholder farmers to adopt improved farming practices that enhance agricultural productivity. In Tanzania, despite the substantial body of agricultural ...

Efficient logistics management practices are widely recognised as the backbone of successful agro-processing businesses, where swift handling and transportation are essential. However, there is a notable gap in the ...

Youth engagement in agriculture and co-opera-tive ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains low, de-spite the sector's potential for economic and community de-velopment. This study investigates whether low youth ...

Marketing challenges in agricultural cooperatives affects marketing advantages; in turn affects benefits to members. These challenges need solutions that were found to be addressed by education and training; that needs ...

We examine how a more hawkish policy stance – defined as an abovemedian long-run inflation semi-elasticity of the policy rate – affects economic growth in 37 inflation-targeting countries. To this end, we estimate time-varying, ...

Phthorimaea absoluta is an invasive pest and a major threat to tomato production in sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. Although chemical pesticides are commercially available and used locally, mis- and overuse can ...

This study examines the effect of consortium tendering (cst) on the participation ofsMe in public procurement markets (ppM) with a particular focus on the mediating roleof procedural capabilities (prc). Data collection was ...