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ANNEXES: TANZANIA’S COASTAL FORESTS 2011
Forms Used for the Socio-economic Studies
Table 53: Wealth Group Ranking Criteria in the Sample Villages
Wealth Group
Ranking Criteria
Well-off
Middle
Poor
Have at least one off-farm business; able to buy and sell goods, engaged in businesses
such as shops; own big businesses within and outside of the villages.
Own up to 50 acres of land; have farm implements such as ox ploughs and tractors.
Extensive use of fertilizers.
Own a modern house with cement plastered brick walls and floors plus corrugated iron
sheet roofs.
Highly food secure; managing three meals per day.
Have more cattle
Can own motor vehicles such as trucks, cars, or a motorbike.
Can afford school fees for their children.
Own some milling machines.
Own 5-10 acres of land.
Own and/or rent farm implements such as ox ploughs and tractors.
Uses fertilizers and farmyard manure.
Own motorbikes and bicycles for transportation of goods.
Own normal house made of bricks and corrugated iron sheets roof; sometimes the ironroofs
have stones placed on top to prevent wind blows.
Food secured and can manage at least 2 meals in a day.
Livestock: have heads of cattle.
Normally run small businesses such as shops, kiosks, etc.
They can meet basic needs such as food, education, and can educate their children.
Most have primary level of education or more.
Own land size 0.5 - 2 acres, but cultivates only 1 acre; renting the rest to middle group
farmers; uses a hand hoe for farming; no fertilizers are applied in the farms.
Do not have any livestock.
Have poor grass-thatched houses.
Food insecure; can manage only one meal per day.
Dependent on casual labour; a source of cheap labour for middle and well-off groups.
Many who live near forest resources indulge in charcoal production.
Illiterate (both parents and children).
Can’t meet basic needs and are often dressed in tattered clothes.
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