Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania

Tanzania has seen a slow but steady growth in agricultural mechanization over the past few decades. The country’s mechanization growth trend is fairly consistent with patterns elsewhere, with both agroecological and socioeconomic conditions as key determinants of increased mechanization. The private...

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Autores principales: Mrema, Geoffrey C., Kahan, David G., Agyei-Holmes, Andrew
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142824
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author Mrema, Geoffrey C.
Kahan, David G.
Agyei-Holmes, Andrew
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description Tanzania has seen a slow but steady growth in agricultural mechanization over the past few decades. The country’s mechanization growth trend is fairly consistent with patterns elsewhere, with both agroecological and socioeconomic conditions as key determinants of increased mechanization. The private sector has often led the development of machinery markets and service providers to meet mechanization demand, including emerging medium- to large-scale farmers serving as self-financed owners of tractors providing custom hiring services. Despite such progress, several knowledge gaps exist regarding the roles of various factors in mechanization, including land tenure policy, and regarding identification of the roles of governments in effectively supporting the private sector toward further mechanization growth.
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spelling CGSpace1428242025-11-06T04:17:23Z Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania Mrema, Geoffrey C. Kahan, David G. Agyei-Holmes, Andrew tractors imports supply balance policies equipment technology farmers demand labour agriculture agricultural mechanization mechanization farm size governance Tanzania has seen a slow but steady growth in agricultural mechanization over the past few decades. The country’s mechanization growth trend is fairly consistent with patterns elsewhere, with both agroecological and socioeconomic conditions as key determinants of increased mechanization. The private sector has often led the development of machinery markets and service providers to meet mechanization demand, including emerging medium- to large-scale farmers serving as self-financed owners of tractors providing custom hiring services. Despite such progress, several knowledge gaps exist regarding the roles of various factors in mechanization, including land tenure policy, and regarding identification of the roles of governments in effectively supporting the private sector toward further mechanization growth. 2020-11-01 2024-05-22T12:11:08Z 2024-05-22T12:11:08Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142824 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293823 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mrema, Geoffrey C.; Kahan, David G.; and Agyei-Holmes, Andrew. 2020. Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania. In An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?, eds. Xinshen Diao, Hiroyuki Takeshima, and Xiaobo Zhang. Part Four: African Countries, Chapter 14, Pp. 457-496. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809_14.
spellingShingle tractors
imports
supply balance
policies
equipment
technology
farmers
demand
labour
agriculture
agricultural mechanization
mechanization
farm size
governance
Mrema, Geoffrey C.
Kahan, David G.
Agyei-Holmes, Andrew
Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania
title Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania
title_full Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania
title_fullStr Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania
title_short Agricultural mechanization in Tanzania
title_sort agricultural mechanization in tanzania
topic tractors
imports
supply balance
policies
equipment
technology
farmers
demand
labour
agriculture
agricultural mechanization
mechanization
farm size
governance
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