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Tanzanian Agricultural Markets And The Resulting Effects On Farmers Market Mechanisms At A Local Level In The Western Usambara’S Lushoto District, Carson A. Casey
Tanzanian Agricultural Markets And The Resulting Effects On Farmers Market Mechanisms At A Local Level In The Western Usambara’S Lushoto District, Carson A. Casey
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
As a developing nation Tanzania is highly dependent on its agricultural sector, serving as a source of income generation for more than 80 percent of the population. Moreover, agriculture in Tanzania currently accounts for more than half of the country’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Currently smallholder farmers dominate the Tanzanian agricultural market. In the Western Usambara’s Lushoto District there is a high concentration of smallholder farmers who are involved in both the cash crop and subsistence agricultural markets of Tanzania. The sample population was Lushoto District farmers identifying as head of household individuals from either the village of Mazumbai, …