Impact of Government Budgetary Execution on Food Crops Commercialisation in Tanzania: Case of Maize in the Southern Highland Regions.

Biswalo, David Malima (2023) Impact of Government Budgetary Execution on Food Crops Commercialisation in Tanzania: Case of Maize in the Southern Highland Regions. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Studies have shown that despite huge public spending on agriculture in Tanzania since independence, agricultural transformation from subsistence to commercial agriculture is still minimal. The thesis assessed the impact of government budgetary execution on maize commercialisation in the Southern Highland regions of Tanzania. The objectives were to assess the effect of government budget allocations, disbursements, expenditures, policy and regulatory environment on maize commercialisation in Mbeya and Songwe regions. The theory of budget incrementalism, theory of public expenditure, Walker’s progressive theory of public expenditure and Rostow’s theoretical model of economic development stages guided the study. The descriptive survey design was employed whereby a cross-sectional survey was used to collect primary data from 180 respondents in the study area. The mean, standard deviation and multiple regression were used to analyze the data via SPSS software. The main findings indicated that all the variables under investigation had a positive effect on maize commercialisation with government budget allocations and the policy environment having the most effect amongst the variables investigated. The study concluded that government budgetary execution has facilitated maize commercialisation in the study area. The study recommended that the government should enhance and strengthen its budgetary processes as well as the policy and regulatory environment in order to have a marked influence on maize commercialisation and agricultural commercialisation as a whole in Tanzania. Keywords: Agricultural Commercialisation, Government Budgetary Execution, Food Crops.

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