Opportunities and Challenges of Pineapple Smallholder Farmers in Improving Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study of Donge Village in Zanzibar

Salha Haji¹ , George Julius Babune²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.11 , Issue.2 , pp.10-15, Jun-2023

Online published on Jun 30, 2023

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Abstract :
The paper examined the benefits resulting from the production of pineapple among smallholder farmers in Donge village in Zanzibar. A case study research design was important in generating data out of 40 smallholder farmers using a mixed approach. Questionnaire survey, focus group discussion facilitated the gaining of the data on the problem. It was found that there are opportunities resulting from the growing of pineapple mostly enjoyed by youths in the study area that call for the attention to deal with the parallel challenges influencing an effective production among smallholders. It was found that smallholder farmers benefit in the form of livelihood improvement in the day to day lives depending on the pineapples. The evidence was seen in enabling members of the community to have the capacity to own modern houses, means of transport, and cellular phones among other essentials of needs. There was evidence of the high level of influence of the challenges on pineapple farming involving pineapple production that include access to markets, cost of inputs and transportation and cost of labour. It was concluded that there are opportunities in the production of pineapple that require the attention to handle the resulting challenges of markets, transport, and cost of inputs. It was recommended that attention should be called upon dealing with the systematic challenges that influence the ability of smallholder farmers to maximise the potential opportunities and enjoyable socio-economic benefits of pineapple farming in the area.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Challenges, Donge Village, Opportunities, Pineapple, and, Smallholders

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