Gervas M. Machimu

Determinants of income, savings, access to credit, asset ownership, and food access among banana smallholder farmers in Meru District Council and Moshi Rural District, Tanzania

Background : Banana smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa rely heavily on banana farming for both food and income generation. Despite the crop’s potential, smallholder farmers have limited knowledge of improved banana varieties, as well as harvesting, processing, storage technologies, exhibit low participation...