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

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Socio-economic profile of Rufiji flood plain and Delta - Vol. 1 3.6.1 Expenditure on food items Respondents were asked how much money they spent per year on various food items (see appendix 1). The results are summarised in figure 4 and the detailed statistics per AEZ are presented in Appendix 3. The highest food expenditure items are fish, rice and maize. Inner Delta north has highest expenditure on fish while Delta south had highest expenditure on rice. Delta north also recorded high expenditure on fish, rice and maize. The overall highest expenditure is for fish. This was an expected result because the main food items in the survey area are fish, rice and maize (figure 4 and appendix 3). 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 Inner Delta North Inner Delta South Delta North Delta South North Flood Plain South Flood Plain West valley Overall 0 Maize Cassava Sorghum Rice Banana Potato Vegetables Fruits Meat Milk Fish Figure 4: Expenditure on food items in the sampled households 180000 Inner Delta North 160000 Inner Delta South 140000 Delta North 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 Delta South North Flood Plain South Flood Plain West valley Overall Overall 0 Medical village govt Social Drinks Relatives transport Housing Saving Agric. Inputs Fishing Water fuel education other cons.goods Figure 5: Other expenditure items in the household 46
Socio-economic profile of Rufiji flood plain and Delta - Vol. 1 3.6.2 Expenditure on other household items Respondents were presented with a list of different household items and asked how much the household spent per year for each item (see also appendix 1). The results are summarised in figure 5 and detailed statistics per consumer item per AEZ are presented in appendix 4. Figure 5 and appendix 4 show the expenditure on other items in the household. The highest expenditure items in the sampled area are other consumption good such as household items, clothes etc. Other high expenditure items are fishing, savings and education. Savings in the survey area seemed to be high and are next to consumption goods expenditures. This may give an indication of the future acceptance of the savings and credit schemes in the area. The lowest expenditure item is contribution to the village government. This may be interpreted as either the contributions are set at the lowest level or people have a negative attitude towards the village government. This is an issue, which need further investigations. Delta north has highest expenditure on other consumer goods, education and drinks/ refreshments. 3.7 Marketing and trading characteristics It was mentioned in section 2 that transport infrastructure (road and waterways) play an important role in access to markets. The major means of transport of crops to market in survey areas are, in order of importance: bicycle, canoe, head and motorised transport. For fish transport, the majority use motorised transport (48%), followed by bicycle (29%) and on foot (23%). Sometimes a combination of the above mentioned is used. Lorries are mainly used to transport timber forest products (magogo) (more than 50% of the harvesters). For non-timber forest products the local means of transport are canoes, head, bicycle, and when distance travel is needed ‘jahazi’ (for Zanzibar markets) and lorry transport (for Dar es Salaam markets) are essential. For most agricultural crops, the selling period is right after harvest i.e. between July and October. Food crops are normally sold to individual buyers, neighbouring villages and to retailers and traders. For cash crops like cashew nuts and sesame the main outlets are private traders, retailers and other middlemen. The main destination of timber forest products (Magogo) is Ikwiriri. Harvesting and selling is normally done during dry period (June to December). The main buyers are timber processors and retailers/traders/middlemen. Table 49: Mean overall quantities of selected commodities traded in the survey area Commodity Mean n Std Deviation Min. Max. Magogo (pieces) 26.7 3 15.3 10 40 Finfish (Kg) 3987.3 22 9807.2 40 45000 Ukindu (Vichanga) 1479.0 11 2297.9 30 6000 Cashewnut (Kg) 107.4 11 129.6 9 450 Timber (pieces) 700.0 1 - 700 700 Simsim (Kg) 145.0 6 132.0 20 360 Rice/paddy (Kg) 558.3 12 436.7 120 1500 Maize (Kg) 1053.3 3 861.7 60 1600 Sweet potatoes (Kg) 100.0 1 - 100 100 Peas (Kg) 295.0 6 411.4 20 1000 Chickens (number) 21.0 5 22.2 8 60 Coconut (number) 3384.0 5 2624.7 120 6000 Salt (Kg) 733.3 3 152.8 600 900 Prawns 105.0 3 95.4 3 192 Source: Survey data (2000) 47
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