Perceptions and practices of farmer empowerment in Tanzania

Author(s)
Lyegendili Mwaseba, Dismas
Mattee, Amon Zacharia
Kaarhus, Randi
Lazaro, Evelyne Albert
Samwel, Zebedayo
Mvena, Kayanda
Munanka Wambura, Raphael
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
2009-05-01
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Approach and methodology
Keywords
Agriculture
Development methods
Country
Tanzania

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/131017
DOI
10.1080/09614520902808282
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this article is to review the implementation of various empowerment interventions in Tanzania. Data for the review are based on field visits to programmes/projects/organisations involved in implementing empowerment interventions in various regions of the country. These visits involved key-informant interviews, sample surveys, and focus-group discussions with farmers. The review highlights the perceptions of empowerment at the levels of project staff and practitioners/beneficiaries, as well as the approaches used by various organisations and projects in implementing empowerment activities. In addition the article discusses the factors perceived to lead to empowerment, as well as its consequences.
Pages
10
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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