{"id":22,"date":"2015-09-15T08:50:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T08:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/developmentstudies\/bachelor-of-rural-and-development\/"},"modified":"2022-02-20T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T18:58:09","slug":"bachelor-of-rural-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cssh.sua.ac.tz\/developmentstudies\/bachelor-of-rural-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Rural and Development (BRD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction of\u00a0 the BRD program<\/strong><\/p>\n

The development of rural sector is a major concern of Tanzania Government based on the fact that about 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas and 75 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, which is the key enterprise of the rural economy.\u00a0 The rural sector still faces several challenges including poverty, ignorance and diseases. Also there are other experienced impediments to the realization of sustainable rural development. These include poor water supply, poor rural infrastructure, use of inappropriate technology in agriculture, inefficient legal and judicial systems, poor environmental management, gender imbalance, HIV\/AIDS and elements of poor governance. In order to address these challenges, under the overall strategies for implementing the National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction (NSGRP) \/ MKUKUTA, the Government acknowledges a need to have adequate numbers of extension staff and rural development specialists.<\/p>\n

The purpose of BRD programme is to train rural development specialists and practitioners who will be capable to find solutions of rural development challenges. Specifically the programme intends to:<\/p>\n