Assessment of Formal Institutions Across the Timber Value Chain in Liwale and Ruangwa Districts, Tanzania

Mary Chuzi Magiri; Jumanne Moshi Abdallah

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Assessment of Formal Institutions Across the Timber Value Chain in Liwale and Ruangwa Districts, Tanzania

Mary Chuzi Magiri, Jumanne Moshi Abdallah

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 8, Issue 3)

Received: 19 July 2023 Accepted: 18 August 2023 Published: 31 August 2023

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In developing an inclusive and sustainable timber value chain, institutions are important for structuring and governing the interactions of the actors to effect value creation and addition to timber products. Therefore, this study aims at assessing the rules and regulations awareness, enforcement, compliance and costs associated with the timber value chain in Liwale and Ruangwa districts, Tanzania. Data collection methods for this study includes key informant interviews and researcher’s own observations. Secondary Data were also gathered from various sources from within and outside the districts. Findings reveal that most people were aware of the rules and regulations involved in value chain but their level of awareness differed depending on factors like education level that an individual timber dealer had, time of exposure in the timber business and the goals that each one had on their business. Enforcement of the rules and regulations was found to be strong in Liwale compared to Ruangwa district. In addition, the compliance of the rules and regulations was high in Liwale than in Ruangwa. However, most of the actors who are timber dealers complained about high costs which is associated with compliance to the rules and regulations governing their businesses. Therefore, increasing awareness so that actors could comply with the laws and regulation could help in solving these challenges in Ruangwa district. Reducing costs and bureaucracy associated with the implementation of the rules and regulation governing timber value chain in both districts will increase benefits and efficiency in timber value chain Tanzania. Findings of this study may be beneficial to policy makers, developmental partners, other stakeholders and the people working along the timber value chain.

Published in	International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 8, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnrem.20230803.13
Page(s)	118-124
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Institutions, Timber Value Chain, Rules and Regulations, Awareness, Enforcement, Costs, Compliance

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Mary Chuzi Magiri, Jumanne Moshi Abdallah. Assessment of Formal Institutions Across the Timber Value Chain in Liwale and Ruangwa Districts, Tanzania. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2023;8(3):118-124. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20230803.13

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Mary Chuzi Magiri

Department of Forest and Environmental Economics, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Jumanne Moshi Abdallah

Department of Forest and Environmental Economics, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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