ABSTRACT Regardless of deliberate efforts by the government of Tanzania to enhance accessibility and usability of information and knowledge, a divide persists regarding resources between rural and urban areas as evidenced by poverty in rural areas. This article investigates livelihood information and knowledge needs, access, and exchange among rural communities in the Bunda District of Tanzania. A mixed research approach was used to collect, analyse, and present field data. Findings illustrate livelihood information and knowledge needs among rural dwellers, and the sources and mechanisms used to access, exchange, and use it, are diverse. Further, factors impeding effective exchange of information and knowledge include provision of irrelevant and untimely information and knowledge presented in user-unfriendly packages that hamper decision-making on livelihood matters.

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坦桑尼亚邦达区农村社区的生计信息和知识需求，获取与交流

摘要尽管坦桑尼亚政府为提高信息和知识的可及性和可用性而做出了不懈的努力，但农村和城市地区之间的资源仍然存在分歧，农村地区的贫困情况证明了这一点。本文研究坦桑尼亚邦达区农村社区之间的生计信息和知识需求，获取和交流。混合研究方法用于收集，分析和呈现现场数据。调查结果说明了农村居民对生计信息和知识的需求，获取，交换和使用这些信息的来源和机制多种多样。进一步，