| dc.contributor.author | Mwageni, Titus Olaph | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bundala, Anna Charles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mpogole, Hosea Amon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-17T11:17:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-17T11:17:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mwageni, T. O., Bundala, A. C., & Mpogole, H. A. (2022). Use of Mobile Phone Services in Accessing Agricultural Market Information Among Smallholder Farmers in Bahi and Mvomero Districts, Tanzania. Rural Planning Journal, 24(2), 79-92 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0856-3460 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.irdp.ac.tz/handle/123456789/403 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The government of Tanzania plays a great role in promoting mobile phone use in the country.
Available statistics show that more than 50 million sim cards were registered by June 2022.
Also, over 60% small-scale farmers have a mobile phone, which makes Tanzania one of the
countries in Africa with the highest number of mobile phone users in the agriculture sector.
Various mobile phone services platforms have been established to link farmers to market
information, including the Mobile Kilimo Platform, the T-Hakiki (TCCL) by dialling a USSD
code *148*52#, Z-Kilimo (Vodacom) by dialling *149*50#, and Tigo Kilimo, and M-Kilimo by
dialling *152*00#. Therefore, this paper examined factors for using mobile phone services to
access agricultural market information among smallholder framers in Bahi and Mvomero
Districts, taking Mkindo and Bahi wards as a case. A sample of 210 participants was used (207
respondents and three key informants). The study used a cross-sectional design that blended
qualitative and quantitative methods. Data were collected from primary and secondary
sources. The logistic binary regression model was used to analyze quantitative data. The qualitative data were analysed through thematic (content) analysis. The findings from the
study indicate that the use of mobile phone platforms to access market information among
smallholder farmers was significantly associated with network availability, language, digital
knowledge, sex, and farmer’s experience than the farmer’s education level. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | IRDP | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mobile phone services, Platform, Agricultural market information, smallholder farmers. 1.0. Introductio | en_US |
| dc.title | Use of Mobile Phone Services in Accessing Agricultural Market Information Among Smallholder Farmers in Bahi and Mvomero Districts, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
