Role of Palm Oil Production in Poverty Reduction in Tanzania: Experiences from Smallholder Palm Oil Producers in Kigoma Region.

Ally, Mwajuma (2025) Role of Palm Oil Production in Poverty Reduction in Tanzania: Experiences from Smallholder Palm Oil Producers in Kigoma Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was set to examine the effect of palm oil production in poverty reduction in Tanzania among smallholders of palm oil. The study had the following objectives; to assess the palm oil production and social economic levels; to examine farmer‘s perception on importance of palm oil production; to evaluate the significance of income generated from palm oil production on smallholder‘s livelihood system. This study was a quantitative research study, the study used questionnaire as a tool of data collection. Data was collected from 112 respondents who were the smallholders of palm oil at Kigoma. The study used Microsoft excels to analyze data collected from the respondents. The finding of this study revealed that there are so many inadequacies that hinder the success of agriculture sector. Majority of civilian at Kigoma produce palm oil depend on it as the source of eradicating poverty in their communities. The study has discovered challenges such as; awareness of Agriculture Policy among the stakeholders of palm oil production, government support, credit services, agriculture knowledge, availability of water and sanitation, extension officers and agriculture inputs. The study has provided the following recommendations; the government should ensure proper implementation of the National Agriculture Policy (2013); the government should modify the budget given as a loan to agriculture sector. The government through its organs should organize and emphasize investors to finance on agriculture sector. The government should prepare educational programs to stakeholders of agriculture sector including palm oil producers and availability of extensions officers in every Region. Keywords: Oil Palm, Poverty Reduction, Smallholder, Poverty.

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