Determinants of Adoption of a Recommended Package of Fish Farming Technology: The Case of Selected Villages in Eastern Tanzania

Kitojo Wetengere

《Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology》 2卷1期 (2010/01) Pp. 55-62

並列摘要

This study was conducted to identify factors, which determine adoption of a recommended package offish farming technology in Eastern Tanzania. A total of 234 fish farmers from 25 selected villages were used to provide the required information. A survey design was employed to collect data and respondents were randomly sampled from 600 fish-farmers in the study area. Instruments used for data collection included questionnaire, Participatory Rural Appraisal, researchers' observations and secondary information sources. The research findings revealed that access to resources is a key factor that determines the adoption of a recommended package of a technology and farmers allocate resources to activities, which contribute to household food and income security. Three recommendations were derived from this study. The first is that for the recommended package of fish farming to be adopted, it has to contribute to household food and income security. That means, farmed fish must be eaten more frequently and more important it has to generate income on regular basis. The second recommendation is that the aquaculture department should identify the institutional mechanism through which dissemination of information will operate and strengthened. The third recommendation is that efforts to introduce a package offish farming should be directed towards farmers who have access to resources necessary to use the technology.

並列關鍵字

Adoption ； fish farming ； resources allocation and Tanzania