Cereal Bank as a Necessary Rural Livelihood Institute in Arid Land, Makoja Village, Dodoma-Tanzania
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Date
2013
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Asian Economic and Financial Review
Abstract
In 2012, the study was carried at Makoja Village, in Semi-Arid region of Dodoma. The aim of the
conducted study was to assess the importance of Cereal Bank to livelihood of farming households.
A total of 80 respondents were interviewed. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0 computer
program. The major findings of the study revealed that, almost all of the households (96.2 %) were
poor, while more than a half of the sampled population was chronically food insecure. Income and
expenditure analysis revealed that households had no opportunity to manage savings. Further
analysis on expenditure revealed that despite being farming households, the later spent large
proportion of their income in purchasing food for households. Cereal bank has been potential to
provide food at the time of less, storage facility, seed stocking facility and a business opportunity.
Cereal banks should be purposively promoted to improve livelihood and assure food security in the
rural areas.
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Keywords
Cereal bank, Households food security, Semi-Arid, Livelihood, Wellbeing.
Citation
Msaki, M. M. ., Mwenda, M. I. ., & Regnard, I. J. . (2013). Cereal Bank as a Necessary Rural Livelihood Institute in Arid Land, Makoja Village, Dodoma-Tanzania. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 3(2), 259–269.