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| Title: | Agricultural development policies and institutional support systems in post-colonial Kenya and Tanzania |
| Author: | Suda, C. |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Eastern African Research and Development |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Pages: | 104-126 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
| Geographic terms: | Kenya Tanzania East Africa |
| Subjects: | socialism agricultural development agricultural policy ujamaa Agriculture, Agronomy, Forestry Institution building agricultural production |
| Abstract: | At the time of their independence in the early 1960s, Kenya and Tanzania inherited agricultural structures that were basically similar. With the adoption of the Arusha Declaration embodying the key concepts of ujaama policy in 1967, Tanzania shifted to a strategy of socialism as a framework for its development. The main goals of the socialist government in Tanzania were the equitable distribution of resources and self-sufficiency in food production. Kenya, on the other hand, is ideologically more attuned to capitalism. The government has continued to pursue agricultural policies which both seek to promote private enterprise and to increase self-sufficiency in food production, using the institutional framework set up during the colonial era. An overview of the ujaama policy in Tanzania and the effects of the villagization programme on agricultural production is followed by a comparative examination of the institutional policies of both countries with respect to agricultural pricing, marketing, credit, and the way agricultural research and extension services operate. Possible strategies for improving the performance of research and extension programmes are offered. The author concludes that the effects of the policies pursued by the two countries can be divided into three general categories, namely those that are associated with dependency, the ideological content of the policy, and those that are directly related to problems of implementation. Bibliogr., notes. |