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Betty Chalamila never tires of asking “why?” This social economic and farming system researcher has been posing tough questions for more than 15 years. “A new agricultural technology may be good, but are farmers going to use it? Does it fit their needs? Do they have the resources to use it?” queries Chalamila.
Chalamila is currently posing a lot of questions about cassava production. She is a collaborator on a project looking at the commercialization of cassava production in Tanzania’s Coast Region. She is also participating in a pioneering project with three institutions studying the value chain of cassava from production to market.
This is the first time that the whole value chain has been studied in the villages of Soga and Kidimu in Kibaha district,” explains Chalamila. She is also serving as co-principal investigator examining the introduction of indigenous fruit-processing technology to rural communities in central Tanzania to improve rural livelihoods and biodiversity conservation.
Field of Research
Commercialization of cassava production to improve rural livelihoods in Tanzania’s Coast Region, and a case study of Soga and Kidimu village in Kibaha district.
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