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Age Classes
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Figure 4.6: The declared age classes of the 200 respondents from the study villages
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Length of residence
Of the interviewees, 151 (76%) were found to be resident in the area while 49 (24%)
were immigrants. Mji mwema village appeared to have the highest number of
immigrants (60%) compared to other villages (Figure 4.7) probably because it is one
of the newly formed villages in the area.
Socio economic characteristics of the people in the studied villages
Local community in the villages around Ngezi depend mainly on Agriculture, some
livestock keeping, small-scale business and fishing for their livelihood. Farming was
reported to be the highest (80%) income source, while fishing appeared to be
important to some respondents (9.5%). At least 8.5% of the respondents said they
were either practicing some small business or were carpenters. Very few respondents
(2%) said were the government employees, or had some kind of jobs where they got
paid salaries. Of the interviewed respondents, those from Msuka Gombani appeared to
have the highest number (92%) of farmers while those from Mkia wa Ng’ombe had
the highest (37%) number of fishermen. Only few (10%) respondents from
Makangale reported to have some sort of employment from the government, either
working with the forestry department or as teachers indicating poor economy of the
community around Ngezi forest (Figure 4.8).
4.4.2 Crops grown
Cassava, sweet potatoes, millet and bananas were some of the crops reported by the
respondents in the area. A majority (69%) of the respondents said that they grew these
crops mainly as source of food, and only occasionally they sold cassava for some
cash.
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