Producers organization and the local impact in irrigation project area in East Africa

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26850146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Ichijo Yoko 東京農工大学, イノベーション推進機構, 特任准教授 (10726699)
• Research Collaborator: Yamane Yuko
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 開発支援 / 灌漑稲作 / 生産者組織 / 地域経済 / 取引 / ケニア / タンザニア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the impact of rice irrigation projects to the surrounding area in Tanzania and Kenya were examined based on the transactions between rice producers organizations or the members and other local people in order to consider ideal rice production assistances from broad perspectives.
As a result, the transactions of lands and capital between individuals were hardly to be observed, while labors and technique were exchanged which means the projects have some spillover effect to the local societies. One of the reasons of few transactions of land and capital among individuals is high potential risk of transaction default. Producers organizations can function as guarantee to reduce this risk, therefore it is considered that strengthen of this function will increase the spillover effect of rice irrigation projects to the local societies.

Free Research Field

農業経済学、開発経済学、地域研究