ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER 1 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Problem Statement
1.3 Research Objectives
1.3.1 General Objective
1.3.2 Specific Objectives
1.4 Research questions
1.5 Research Methodology
1.6 Research work approaches
1.7 Scope of the Study
1.8 Significance of the Study
1.9 Structure of research
CHAPTER 2 2.LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theories of Agriculture development
2.2.1 The Frontier Model
2.2.2 The Conservation Model
2.2.3 The Urban-Industrial Impact Model
2.2.4 The Diffusion Model
2.2.5The High Payoff Input Model
2.3 Factors affecting small holder farmers agriculture productivity in Tanzania
2.3.1 Access to Financial services
2.3.2 Access to Input and Output Markets
2.3.3 Poor Marketing Infrastructure
2.3.4 Land Tenure, Access rights and Land Ownership
2.3.5 Policy-Related and Institutional
2.4 Concept of Smallholder Farmer
2.5 Empirical studies on Technical efficiency in countries
2.6Hypothesis development
2.6.1 Introduction
2.6.2 There is positive relationship between modern farming techniques and agriculture productivity
2.6.3 There is positive relationship between extension service and agriculture productivity
2.6.4 There is positive relationship between farmers demographic factors and agricultural productivity
2.6.5 There is positiverelationship between access to financial services and agricultural productivity
2.7 Conceptual Framework
2.7.1 Reasons for designing framework
2.8 Limitations and drawback of these literatures
CHAPTER 3:3.OVERVIEW OF RICE FARMING IN TANZANIA
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Imports
3.3 Exports
3.4 Consumption
3.5 Characteristics of smallholder farmers
3.6 Problems faced by smallholder farmers in Tanzania
CHAPTER 4 4.DATA ANALYSIS ANDPRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Study area
4.1.2 Research Design
4.1.3 Sampling Procedure
4.1.4 Sample Size
4.1.5 Data Collection Instruments
4.1.6 DataCollection Procedures
4.1.7 Data Processing and Analysis (a) Data processing
4.2 Methodology
4.3 Model Specification
4.4 Presumed relationships between socio-economic characteristics and technical efficiency
4.5 Estimation of results and discussion
4.5.1 Challenges and Success Faced During Data Collection
4.5.2 The Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents
4.6 Descriptive Statistics of Micro factors dimensions on agricultural productivity
4.6.1 Measures and influence of modern farming techniques on agriculture productivity
4.6.2 Measures and contribution of extension services on agriculture productivity
4.6.3 Measures and influence of farmers demographicfactors in agricultural productivity
4.6.4 The impact of access to financial services on agricultural productivity
4.7 Characteristics and production of small-scalerice farmers in Tanzania
4.8 Strategies to improve small holder farmers agriculture production
4.9 Reliability analysis for micro factors dimensions and agricultural productivity
4.10 Multiple regression analysis of micro factors and control variables in customer satisfaction
4.11Interpretation of results
4.11.1 Positive related variables
4.11.2 Negative related variables
CHAPTER 5:5. RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Policy Implications
5.2Countermeasures government can take to increase smallholder farmer productivity
5.3Practical considerations for companies seeking to improve farmer productivity
5.3.1 Ways companies can help make productivity improvements a genuine win-win
5.3.2Ways farmers can access and benefit from financial services
5.3.3Ways farmers can manage risk better
CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION 6. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH
6.1 Conclusion
6.2 Limitations
6.3 Future Research
参考文献
APPENDICES
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