Influence of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Performance for Orange Farmers in Muheza District,Tanzania: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Intention

Tambwe, Mariam A. (2021) Influence of Entrepreneurship Training on Entrepreneurial Performance for Orange Farmers in Muheza District,Tanzania: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Intention. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the influence of entrepreneurship training on entrepreneurial performance for orange farmers in Muheza District Tanzania mediated by entrepreneurial intention. The study was grounded on the extended theory of planned behaviour by Ebewo, et al., (2017) and the entrepreneurial performance model by Van vuuren (1997). The study used explanatory survey design. A multistage sampling technique was used to sample the villages visited while simple random sampling was used to select the 349 orange farmers from the District Agricultural Office database. Findings from the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) path analysis show that entrepreneurship training indirectly influences orange farmers’ entrepreneurial performance and directly influences their entrepreneurial intention. In addition, the findings reveal that entrepreneurial intention mediate the relationship between training and performance of the orange farmers. Based on these findings, policy makers are advised to develop a strategy that will stimulate entrepreneurship training programmes focusing on imparting entrepreneurial intention and performance to farmers. Furthermore, trainers should integrate entrepreneurial, technical and business skills into the training programs in order to inspire orange farmers to become entrepreneurial. From these results, the study concludes that, entrepreneurship training positively and directly influences entrepreneurial intention of orange farmers, but indirectly influences their entrepreneurial performance. Therefore, it is recommended that, entrepreneurship training should be provided to many farmers in order to increase their entrepreneurial intention. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Training, Intention, Performance

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