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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2024)

Agricultural Land in Tanzania: Investigating the Nexus between Formal and Legitimate Land Ownership and Agricultural Credits Access in the Rural Areas

https://doi.org/10.56279/13/2/6
Gelas Rubakula
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Corresponding Author(s) : Gelas Rubakula

gelas.hiel@yahoo.com

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 13 No. 2 (2024)

Abstract

Most farmers in low-and middle-income countries are constrained by the investment made in the farming activities occasioned by land ownership. Access to credit by households to acquire pieces of land to cultivate might answer the challenge. However, several financial institutions that provide agricultural credit to farmers impose some conditions to be fulfilled where possession of land title is prominent. This study examines the existing relationship between land tenure security and credit access, especially in the rural areas of Tanzania. The survey was cross-sectional, using quantitative data collected in December 2017 to March 2018 from 750 farming households in four districts (Uvinza, Kigoma, Kibondo, and Kasulu) of the Kigoma region. Descriptive results: 91 (12.1%) of the respondents who owned land had title deeds. Having a land title deed and owning a surveyed land were five and twice associated with agricultural credit access, respectively, compared to having none of the documents. The study concludes that access to the agricultural credit scheme is feasible in the rural areas of Tanzania as long as a farmer possess a formalized land.

Keywords

Agricultural credit; Land administration; Land tenure security; Sustainable livelihood; Tanzania
Agricultural Land in Tanzania: Investigating the Nexus between Formal and Legitimate Land Ownership and Agricultural Credits Access in the Rural Areas. (2024). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 13(2). https://doi.org/10.56279/13/2/6
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Agricultural Land in Tanzania: Investigating the Nexus between Formal and Legitimate Land Ownership and Agricultural Credits Access in the Rural Areas. (2024). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 13(2). https://doi.org/10.56279/13/2/6
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