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EnglishRice farming is characterized by various factors including environmental and non-environmental factors. The current paper analyses the influence of households’ characteristics, and perceptions of weather variability on rice yield. Authors used primary data collected from small-scale rice farmers in the Mbeya region of Tanzania. Garret technique and Stata software were used for data analyses. Results confirmed that farmer’s education, marital status, gender, and land ownership have a positive influence on rice yield. Thus, for every 1% increase in each variable increases rice yield by 14%, 98%, 26%, and 21% respectively. Owing to empirical results on farmers’ perceptions, it is confirmed that if the drought period increased by 1%, would on average reduce rice yield by 20%. The majority of farmers (70%) have perceived that drought period reduced their rice yield. In addition, farmers’ used averagely less quantity of rice seeds which have impaired their rice yields. If farmers increased the seed quantity by 1%, rice yields would increase by 17%. Our findings also revealed that the previous market price has positive association with the next seasons’ rice yield. Therefore, our study concluded that among households’ variables and their perceptions have positive implications on rice yield; however, with the empirical analyses other variables were insignificant due to multicollinearity effects. Authors recommended to the government and other responsible organizations to capitalize on irrigation infrastructures, agricultural extension and technological services to restraint the enduring food insecurity coercions in Tanzania. portuguesO presente trabalho analisa a influencia das caracteristicas das familias e as percepcoes da variabilidade climatica na producao de arroz. Os autores usaram dados primarios coletados de pequenos produtores de arroz na regiao de Mbeya, na Tanzânia. A tecnica de Garret e o software Stata foram utilizados para analise de dados. Os resultados confirmam que a educacao do agricultor, estado civil, genero e propriedade da terra tem uma influencia positiva no rendimento do arroz. Assim, para cada aumento de 1% em cada variavel aumenta a producao de arroz em 14%, 98%, 26% e 21%, respectivamente. Devido aos resultados empiricos sobre as percepcoes dos agricultores confirma-se que se o periodo de seca aumentar 1%, reduziria em media a producao de arroz em 20%. A maioria dos agricultores (70%) percebeu o periodo de seca para reduzir o rendimento do arroz. Alem disso, os agricultores usam uma quantidade media menor de sementes de arroz que prejudicaram o rendimento do arroz. Se os agricultores aumentarem a quantidade de sementes em 1%, o rendimento do arroz aumentara em 17%. Nossas descobertas tambem revelaram que o preco de mercado anterior tem associacao positiva com a producao de arroz das proximas safras. Portanto, nosso estudo conclui que entre as variaveis das familias e suas percepcoes apresentam uma implicacao positiva na producao de arroz, no entanto, com as analises empiricas, outras variaveis foram insignificantes devido aos efeitos de multicolinearidade. Os autores recomendaram ao governo e a outras organizacoes responsaveis que capitalizassem as infraestruturas de irrigacao, a extensao agricola e os servicos tecnologicos para conter as coercoes duradouras de inseguranca alimentar na Tanzânia.

Households’ characteristics and perceptions of weather variability impact on rice yield: empirical analysis of small scale farmers in Tanzania