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

Socio-economic profile of Rufiji flood plain and Delta - Vol. 1
Table of Contents
Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................. ii
Preface.................................................................................................................................................................... v
Acknowledgements................................................................................................................................................ v
Glossary of Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................... v
List of Figures...................................................................................................................................................... vii
List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................................... viii
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Approach and methodology ................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 The report............................................................................................................................................ 3
2 Literature Review of Rufiji District............................................................................................................. 4
2.1 Studies in the Rufiji Delta and Flood plains........................................................................................ 4
2.2 Agro-ecological/economic Zones........................................................................................................ 4
2.3 Population and demographic characteristics ....................................................................................... 6
2.4 Sources of livelihood strategies........................................................................................................... 7
2.5 Natural Resources and management strategies ................................................................................... 9
2.6 Infrastructure and access to markets ................................................................................................. 10
2.7 Review of the methodology used by REMP for the pilot village baseline........................................ 11
3 Results of Questionnaire Survey................................................................................................................ 13
3.1 Household characteristics.................................................................................................................. 13
3.2 Main occupation and economic activities ......................................................................................... 19
3.3 Attitude towards the environment ..................................................................................................... 35
3.4 Coping with food surpluses and shortages ........................................................................................ 40
3.5 Household energy sources and needs................................................................................................ 42
3.6 Expenditure ....................................................................................................................................... 45
3.7 Marketing and trading characteristics ............................................................................................... 47
3.8 Credit Availability............................................................................................................................. 48
4 Conclusions and Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 50
5 References.................................................................................................................................................... 53
6 Appendices................................................................................................................................................... 55
Appendix 1: Questionnaire and Checklist............................................................................................................. 55
Appendix 2: Terms of Reference for the socio-economics of the Rufiji Flood Plain and Delta........................... 69
Appendix 3: Mean Expenditure on food items ..................................................................................................... 72
Appendix 4: Mean Expenditure on other household items ................................................................................... 73
Appendix 5: Mean quantities of various commodities marketed.......................................................................... 74
List of Figures
Figure 1: Rufiji District Agro-ecological/economic Zones (After Havnevik (1981) .............................................. 6
Figure 2: Marketing Channel for Mangrove trees................................................................................................. 28
Figure 3: Mean asset index by AEZ...................................................................................................................... 45
Figure 4: Expenditure on food items in the sampled households.......................................................................... 46
Figure 5: Other expenditure items in the household ............................................................................................. 46
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