Understanding farmers' perceptions on advisory services in Tanzania: Comparative insights from principal component analysis and Q-methodology.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural advisory services help farmers to access farming skills, technologies and agricultural markets. The services are offered by different actors, who all together form the pluralistic advisory service providers. In recent years, pluralistic advisory service providers have emerged in various developing countries including Tanzania. Pluralistic providers have different institutional arrangements and varying levels of effectiveness, which lead farmers to have diverse perceptions towards them. However, the perceptions of farmers on pluralistic advisory services have not been fully documented, making it difficult to gauge the level of acceptance of the diverse services offered. This paper employs principal component analysis (PCA) and Q-methodology to elicit farmers' perceptions on the

SUBMITTER: Goodluck A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304023 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature