A Socio-Economic Profile of the Rufiji Floodplain and Delta.

Socio-economic profile of Rufiji flood plain and Delta - Vol. 1
AEZ
Inner Delta
North
Delta
North
Amt
harvested by
hh per year
Table 25:Statistics of Mpingo by AEZ
amt. used for
home
consumption
price per
piece
Cost per
year
Gross value per Net value per
year/ hh year /hh
Mean 640.0 1233.3 30000.0 1063333.3 1040000.0
N 3 3 2 3 3
Std. Dev. 539.3 1537.3 0.0 1679355.0 1994041.1
Min. 20 200.0 30000.0 10000.0 150000.0
Max. 1000 3000.0 30000.0 3000000.0 2970000.0
Mean 4.00 4.00 1000.0 4000.0 4000.0 0.0
N 1 1 1 1 1 1
Std. Dev. . . . . . .
Min. 4 4 1000.0 4000.0 4000.0 0.0
Max. 4 4 1000.0 4000.0 4000.0 0.0
Total Mean 481.0 4.00 1175.0 21333.3 798500.0 1040000.0
N 4 1 4 3 4 3
Std. Dev. 543.1 . 1260.6 15011.1 1469932.7 1673110.8
Min. 4 4 200.0 4000.0 4000.0 0.0
Max. 1000 4 3000.0 30000.0 3000000.0 2970000.0
F-value F=1.04, p=
0.41
- F=0.02,
P=0.91
Source: Computed from survey data (2000).
- F=0.3, p=0.64 F=0.4, p=0.64
Table 26 shows the amount of wood products lost by AEZ, in the survey area. The table shows the
number of people involved in wood products is only 25 out of a sample of 182 people. The majority of
people involved in wood products (76%) estimate the losses to be less than a quarter (Table 26).
The opinions of the respondents regarding losses of wood products can be summarised as follows:
• Price fluctuations;
• High taxation rates;
• Most buyers are defaulters;
• Lack of reliable markets;
• Poor transport infrastructure including road accidents;
• The use of inferior cooking stoves;
• Poor harvesting tools;
• Wildfires.
Table 26: Amount of wood (products) lost by AEZ
Less than
a quarter
A quarter
to a half
More than
a half
Inner
Delta
North
(n=4)
Inner
Delta
South
(n=3)
Delta
North
(n=8)
Delta
South
(n=6)
North Flood
Plain (n=2)
West
Valley
(n=2)
Total
(n=25)
Percent of respondents
75.0 33.3 100.0 66.7 100.0 50.0 76.0
25.0 33.3 12.0
66.7 50.0 12.0
Source: Survey data, 2000
When asked the ways to improve profits from wood and wood products, respondents gave the
suggestions:
• Government to regulate prices, however this is in contradiction with government policy on prices,
following the liberalisation of trade.
• The use of modern harvesting equipment
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