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he Dilemma of Members of Farmers’ Cooperatives after Liberalisation of Domestic Coffee Marketing: The Case of Moshi and Rombo Districts, Tanzania

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v2i1.168
David G. Mhando
Shigela K. Ganja
Eliza Monyo

Corresponding Author(s) : David G. Mhando

david.mhando@udsm.ac.tz

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), ##issue.vol## 2 ##issue.no## 1 (2013)

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The current economic and marketing reforms in Tanzania have not led to expected
improvement in the productivity, incomes and overall livelihoods of coffee growers.
Consequently, farmer’s cooperatives have been unable to satisfactorily provide the
essential services to their members. This paper analyses the impact of market
liberalisation to members of cooperatives. Data was collected by household surveys, FGD
and interviews, whereby structured questionnaires and checklists were employed.
The study found out that following market liberalisation, Agricultural Marketing
Cooperative Societies (AMCOS) are disorganised and lack strongmanagement. There
is no substantial welfare improvement to AMCOS members dueto the unpredictable
pricing of coffee. The paper recommends that cooperatives become informative and
inquisitive in searching for coffee marketing information.

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he Dilemma of Members of Farmers’ Cooperatives after Liberalisation of Domestic Coffee Marketing: The Case of Moshi and Rombo Districts, Tanzania. (2022). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 2(1). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v2i1.168
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