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CENSUS RESULTS452.14 Crop Extension Services2.14.1 Access to Extension ServicesThe number of large scale farms receiving crop extension advice is 619 which represent 51 percent of the total number oflarge scale farms (Chart 2.112). Some regions have more access to extension services than others.The proportion of farms receiving extension is highest in Ruvuma (76% of the large scale farms in the region). This isfollowed by Kigoma (74%), Tabora, Mara (71%), Mbeya (65%) <strong>and</strong> Rukwa (64%). In contrast the farms receiving theleast advice are found in Coast (32%), Lindi (33%), Dar es Salaam (35%), Kagera (36%) <strong>and</strong> Mwanza (38%).Number of <strong>Farm</strong>sNOT ReceivingExtension Services,593, 49%Chart 2.112: Number of <strong>Large</strong> <strong>Scale</strong> <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving ExtensionAdviceNumber of <strong>Farm</strong>sReceivingExtension Services,619, 51%Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving Extension ServicesNumber of <strong>Farm</strong>s NOT Receiving Extension Services2.14.2 Source of extension<strong>Of</strong> the farms receiving extension advice theGovernment provides the greatest proportion(54%), followed by Government ResearchInstitutes(15%), other large scale farms (13%) <strong>and</strong>NGO/Development Projects (11%). Cooperatives<strong>and</strong> other providers provide extension to a smallnumber of large scale farms (4% <strong>and</strong> 3%respectively). This general trend is the same for allregions.Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s806040200RuvumaKigomaChart 2.114: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving Extension Messeges by Type ofExtension ProviderGovernment, 515, 54%Chart 2.113: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving Extension by RegionNumber of <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving Extension ServicesOthers , 26, 3%TaboraMaraMbeyaRukwaKilimanjaroMorogoroSingidaMtwaraIringaManyaraShinyangaTangaDodomaArushaOther <strong>Large</strong> <strong>Scale</strong>F a mrme r, 117, 13%MwanzaKageraDar es SalaamLindiCoastGovernmentResearch, 141, 15%NGO /DevelopmentP ro je c t, 101, 11%Cooperative, 34, 4%Government Government Research NGO /Development ProjectCooperative Other <strong>Large</strong> <strong>Scale</strong> Famrmer Others806040200Percent of <strong>Farm</strong>sRegionPercent of <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving Extension Se2.14.3 Quality of extensionChart 2.115 shows that 76 percent of the largescale farms reported thequality of extensionservices to be good. Only 15 percent of therespondents reported that the services were verygood while 9 percent reported that the serviceswere average. Very few respondents reported thatthe quality of services was not good or poor.Good, 701, 76%Chart 2.115: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Receiving Extension by <strong>Report</strong>ed Qualityof S ervicesVery Good, 142,15%No Good, 1, 0%Very Good Good Average Poor No GoodAverage, 80, 9%Poor, 1, 0%Tanzania <strong>Agriculture</strong> Sample Census – 2003

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