Abstract: A mixed method research consisted of quantitative and qualitative carried out using descriptive and experiemental research design aimed to compare agroecological benefit of nine seeded holes and traditional farming on maize production in Singida rural district, Tanzania. A total of 50 respondents with the experience of using nine seeded holes and traditional farming for more than three cropping season and aged 18 years and above were included in the study. The sample size was calculated using kothari 2004. Data was collected using questionnaire survey, key informant interviews, focus group discussion and pairwise ranking whereby field experimental data was collected using observation and keeping record of changes. All data collected was subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis was analysed through SPSS-26 and Rstudio. Whereas qualitative material was analyzed by using NVivo-12 software and chi-squire and anova test was used to test the level of significance. The study discovered that nine seeded holes technology is much more productive than traditional farming system and has more agroecological profit and benefits compared to traditional farming in maize production in semi arid area.
Keywords: comparative agroecological, profit, benefit, nine seeded holes technology, traditional farming.
Title: A Comparative Study on Agroecological Benefits of Nine Seeded Holes Technology and Traditional Farming in Singida Rural District, Tanzania
Author: Augustine Keya, Dr Dominick Ringo, Josephine Ng’ang’a, Emanuel lyatuu
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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