This study assesses whether Warehouse Receipt System [WRS] has made any contribution in improving smallholder farmers' access
to financial services. The study used cross sectional design where 80 smallholder farmers in ...
The Co-operative form a Socio-economic organisation has been supported, rationalised and practised
by men and women of diverse countries, philosophies and classes. For the small property owners
whose inevitable doom ...
After a long time of comparative domance and neglect, Marxist methodology in the analysis of
the state was revived in the Milliband-Pau1autzas’ debate (Nicos Paulinizes, 1969). But this is
only true as far as the state ...
Rural Cooperatives by their nature have been multipurpose.They strive to cater for the varied needs
of the farmer. However, they tend to build strength after strength but around a central function e.g.
produce marketing. ...
The 1982 Co-operative Act established the multipurpose production oriented co-operatives in
the country. Prior to 1982 we never had real multipurpose co-operatives although an attempt was
made after 1967 to encourage ...
Chambo, Suleman A.; Malamsha, Kitala; Maghimbi, Mbonea(Moshi University of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS), 2007)
Rural Producer Organizations (RPOs) in both Tanzania and at the regional level are formed
around food and non food crops. During the colonial period, the attention for structured
marketing was on selected agricultural ...
Underdevelopment is a badge of colonial ism. A state emerging from a colonial environment
has development as one of its objectives, as no true development can be achieved under foreign
domination. For Tanzania true ...
This study examines the factors that influence consumers' preference for agricultural products in
supermarkets using data from a random sample of households in counties within Kampala city
Uganda. Results from descriptive ...
Although the co-operative movement in mainland Tanzania started since the 1930s, women
involvement in the capacity of members and leaders has been minimal. It is women who played
and still play a major role in the ...
Mlowe, Ladislaus H. K; Towo, , Esther N.; Bamanyisa, Justine(Moshi Co-operative University and Business Studies (MUCCoBS), 2007)
The Tanzanian economy is agriculture dominated, with other sectors following. In 2004, the agricultural
sector contributed 46% to GDP, provided about 51% of foreign exchange and 75% of the total employment
(URT, 2004). ...
The decisions to re-establish co-operative societies and unions to which culminated in the
enactment of the Co-operative societies act,1982 following their dissolution in 1976 was
reached after realising that the ...
Kirnaryo, Leong L.P. S.(Co-operative College Moshi, 1993, 1993)
sum up, I will say that the building of Socialism in Tanzania as any other Third
World Country is inconceivable outside a total process of agricultural and industrial
revolution.
Rural Development will condemn these ...
Bee, Faustine.K; Massambu, Daudi; Mamba, Lucas(Moshi University of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS) 2007, 2007)
The degree of access to financial among the Rural Producer Organizations and their individual
members is very low in most of the developing countries, partly as a result of the underdeveloped
institutional framework. ...
Mosi, Makidara E. W.(Moshi Co-operative College, Moshi, 2000)
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of financial management in
Cooperatives and to show that wealth maximisation as a primary business objective of private
enterprises could as well be applicable ...
Industrial Co-operatives have of recent, received a wide attention both in developed as well as
in developing countries alike because of their general development, democratic management
and employment creation aspects. ...
In the development discourse, what is said about women has changed significantly during
the past two decades. The rhetoric has moved from a welfare-oriented approach,
perceiving women as passive recipients of aid and ...
Bulow, Dorthe,V; Diyamett, Matthew L.N.(Co-operatice College Moshi, 1993)
This paper was first presented during the Annual Symposium of the Cooperative College Moshi, that
was held from 9th August to 13th August, 1993 at the Main campus. As can be noted from the title
the paper was written ...
Yes, we receive pension in our village but there are others not getting it. I can't understand why
they have not yet received support. Maybe the computer hasn't chosen them" Pensioner, Kwa
Wazce Project Kagera-Tanzania ...
A cooperative enterprise is an economic unit as such it should be run as a "firm". Managers who
are interested with the responsibilities of running a cooperative business should not overlook
economic laws when making ...
One of the major problems in studying peasant societies is identifying peasant investment
patterns. We expect the investment patterns to have important consequences in the peasant’s
life, like the productivity of their ...