Adoption of Quality-Improving Rice Milling Technologies and Its Impacts on Millers' Performance in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to identify the determinants of rice millers' adoption of quality-improving milling technologies and to evaluate the impacts of such technologies on millers' performance in Morogoro region, Tanzania. It is found that experience in rice trading is an important determinant of the adoption of such technologies. As for the impact, this study shows that the adoption of such technologies has a significant positive impact on millers' profit probably because the quality-improving technologies attract more customers. However, they do not influence the share of market-oriented varieties in the total milled rice produced.