Agrarian Change in Tanzania, Issues 1-2 |
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Page 63
... chemical fertilisers , pesticides and hybrid maize varieties . Maize , because of its importance as a food and cash crop , absorbs nearly all the chemical fertilisers used by villagers in the area . The cumulative effect of these ...
... chemical fertilisers , pesticides and hybrid maize varieties . Maize , because of its importance as a food and cash crop , absorbs nearly all the chemical fertilisers used by villagers in the area . The cumulative effect of these ...
Page 79
... chemical fertilisers coupled with heavy rains adds impetus to the growth of both the maize crop and weeds . Weeding begins in January and stretches to April . This is the busiest period in the agricultural cycle . Historically , weeding ...
... chemical fertilisers coupled with heavy rains adds impetus to the growth of both the maize crop and weeds . Weeding begins in January and stretches to April . This is the busiest period in the agricultural cycle . Historically , weeding ...
Page 82
... chemical fertilisers , Benedict and his family sell their labour to neighbouring large - scale farmers in the village . He reported that he did this on an annual basis . The possibility of earning cash within the village meant that he ...
... chemical fertilisers , Benedict and his family sell their labour to neighbouring large - scale farmers in the village . He reported that he did this on an annual basis . The possibility of earning cash within the village meant that he ...
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acreages acres African agricultural allocated beer Bena bridewealth cash crop cattle cell leaders Chama Cha Mapinduzi Chapter chemical fertilisers Church co-operative coffee colonial commercial farmers committee communal farm Dar es Salaam district administration economic liberalisation elders enterprises farm inputs father fertilisers fields grain Hehe hire homestead plots household farming household members Ikelu Ikelu village income individuals inheritance Iringa region labour labour strength lineage rituals livestock maendeleo maize Makambako married milling machines Moreover Mtwango mutual aid groups neighbours Ngoni Njombe district nucleated villages Nyakyusa Nyamwezi Nyerere officials organisation oxen plough plural political system polygynously primary school primary society private traders production pyrethrum rent rural Salaam season secretary sell shillings social southern highlands strategies structure subsistence Tanganyika TANU Tanzania tend tractor trade traditional Ubena ujamaa Usangu village chairman village government village leaders village office villages in Njombe villagisation Vipi weeding witchcraft wives women