UNFOLDING FACTORS INFLUENCING PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM BAGAMOYO IN TANZANIA
This paper examined factors that influence pineapple production in Bagamoyo using cross-sectional data collected during the harvesting season of 2023/2024. A sample of 150 smallholder pineapple farmers was randomly selected using a systematic random sampling procedure. We used the Ordinary Least...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Oradea Publishing House
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Oradea Journal of Business and Economics |
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| Summary: | This paper examined factors that influence pineapple production in Bagamoyo
using cross-sectional data collected during the harvesting season of 2023/2024. A sample
of 150 smallholder pineapple farmers was randomly selected using a systematic random
sampling procedure. We used the Ordinary Least Squares with a Cobb- Douglas function to
estimate the parameters after log- linearize the Cobb- Douglas function. The coefficient of
determination 𝑅
ଶ = 0.81 showed that the explanatory variables were fit for the model as 81%
of the variation in the production of pineapples is explained by the selected seven factors.
Further results revealed that out of the seven predictors, labour, age and farming experience
were statistically significant ( p-values: 0.000, 0.003 and 0.000) respectively, all of which the
p-value was less than a 5 per cent level of significance. The other variables namely
education level, soil quality, technology use and farm size were insignificantly explaining
pineapple production. We conclude that labour (family and hired), age and farming
experience are positively correlated to the quantity of pineapple production. We recommend
that the policy on agriculture should insist on the provision of extension services to be offered
timely to ensure quality yield for both local consumption as well as exports. Encouraging
exports through promotion to address the challenge of untapped potential for exports of the
pineapple which in turn encourages production and lastly, investment in agricultural research
would steer up the need for further research into pineapple seed breeding, pest control and
post-harvest technology. Such initiatives would promote crop production and thereby
improve the livelihood of the smallholder farmers. |
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| ISSN: | 2501-3599 |