Factors Affecting Adoption of New Farming Technique Among Seaweed Farmers in Zanzibar: A Case of Selected Villages in Unguja

Sakhia Sultan Suleiman; Masoud Rashid Mohamed; Abdalla Ussi Hamad

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Factors Affecting Adoption of New Farming Technique Among Seaweed Farmers in Zanzibar: A Case of Selected Villages in Unguja

Sakhia Sultan Suleiman, Masoud Rashid Mohamed, Abdalla Ussi Hamad

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 7, Issue 4)

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This study examined the factors affecting the adoption of new farming technique among seaweed farmers in two villages, namely Muungoni and Nyamanzi in Zanzibar. The nature of this study is quantitative. The study was governed by four objectives which were to examined the effect of environmental factors to the adoption of new seaweed farming technique, to examined the effect of social-psychological factors to the adoption of new farming technique, to examined the effect of institutional factors to the adoption of new seaweed farming technique, to examined the effect of economic factors to the adoption of new seaweed farming technique. Survey questionnaire was used as a method of data collection from 45 respondents using simple random techniques. A Descriptive analysis technique was used for data analysis and interpretation using SPSS V.23, and the findings were summarized in percentages and presented in tables and figures. The findings of this study indicated that environmental factors; social-psychological factors; institutional factors; and economic factors have effects on the new seaweed farming techniques in Muungoni and Nyamanzi Zanzibar. Therefore, the study recommended that the use of new seaweed farming technique can be achieved through effectively addressing all challenges, provision of financial assistance to the seaweed farmers, and awareness rising and sensitization through workshop campaigns, conference presentations, meetings, and discussions.

Published in	International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnrem.20220704.12
Page(s)	157-164
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Environmental Factors, Social-Psychological Factors, Institutional Factors, Economic Factors

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Sakhia Sultan Suleiman, Masoud Rashid Mohamed, Abdalla Ussi Hamad. Factors Affecting Adoption of New Farming Technique Among Seaweed Farmers in Zanzibar: A Case of Selected Villages in Unguja. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2022;7(4):157-164. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20220704.12

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Sakhia Sultan Suleiman

Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Masoud Rashid Mohamed

Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Abdalla Ussi Hamad

Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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