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

Socio-economic profile of Rufiji flood plain and Delta - Vol. 1
List of Tables
Table 1: Sampled villages and households in the flood plain and Delta................................................................. 3
Table 2: Finer AEZ as classified by Havnevik........................................................................................................ 5
Table 3: Population comparisons............................................................................................................................ 7
Table 4: Revenues from Forest products collected in Rufiji District ...................................................................... 9
Table 5: Assessment of the District and feeder roads in Rufiji............................................................................. 11
Table 6: Household characteristics by AEZ.......................................................................................................... 13
Table 7: Percentage distribution of respondents by attendance to formal education and AEZ............................. 13
Table 8: Percentage distribution of respondents by marital status and AEZ......................................................... 14
Table 9: Percentage distribution of respondents by number of wives and AEZ ................................................... 14
Table 10: Percentage distribution of respondents by tribe and AEZ..................................................................... 15
Table 11: Means of dependency ratio (%) by AEZ............................................................................................... 16
Table 12: Average number of years the respondent has lived in village............................................................... 16
Table 13: Where the respondents were living before coming to the current village (% of respondents).............. 17
Table 14: Reasons for migrating to the current village by AEZ (percent of respondents).................................... 17
Table 15: Percentage distribution of respondents by main occupation and AEZ.................................................. 19
Table 16: Proportion of respondents practicing various activities ........................................................................ 19
Table 17: Unit prices of various crops per unit by AEZ (1999/2000 cropping season)........................................ 20
Table 18: Gross value of output for various crops by AEZ .................................................................................. 21
Table 19: Amount of main crop lost each season by AEZ.................................................................................... 21
Table 20: Statistics of fish (finfish) by AEZ ......................................................................................................... 23
Table 21: Statistics of fish (Prawns) by AEZ........................................................................................................ 24
Table 22: Amount of fish harvest lost per year by AEZ ....................................................................................... 25
Table 23: Loss in terms of value from fish trading per year by AEZ.................................................................... 25
Table 24: Statistics of timber forest products (Mninga, Mkongo Mvule) by AEZ ............................................... 26
Table 25:Statistics of Mpingo by AEZ ................................................................................................................. 27
Table 26: Amount of wood (products) lost by AEZ ............................................................................................. 27
Table 27: Statistics of miaa/milala by AEZ .......................................................................................................... 29
Table 28:Statistics for Ukindu harvesting by AEZ ............................................................................................... 30
Table 29: Amount of non-timber products lost each year by AEZ ....................................................................... 30
Table 30: Statistics for household goat production by AEZ ................................................................................. 31
Table 31: Statistics of Cattle production by AEZ ................................................................................................. 32
Table 32: Chicken production statistics by AEZ................................................................................................... 33
Table 33:Amount of livestock lost by AEZ (Percent of respondents)................................................................... 33
Table 34: Statistics of salt production by AEZ ..................................................................................................... 34
Table 35: State of the environment by AEZ (Percent of respondents).................................................................. 35
Table 36: Items/statements and their factor loadings, measuring positive attitude towards the environment....... 36
Table 37: Respondents showing positive attitude towards environment (Agree or disagreeing to various items)
by AEZ.......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Table 38: Respondents indicating easiness of availability of natural resources today compared to 10 years ago by
AEZ............................................................................................................................................................... 37
Table 39:Responses on whether or not economic activities affect the environment by AEZ ............................... 38
Table 40: Main uses of surplus production by AEZ ............................................................................................. 40
Table 41:Respondents experiencing food shortage by AEZ ................................................................................. 40
Table 42: Respondents who tried new crops, fishing methods wood product use by AEZ .................................. 41
Table 43: Respondent using different sources of fuel by AEZ...................................................................... 42
Table 44: Fuelwood collection by household members........................................................................................ 42
Table 45: Respondents buying fuelwood by AEZ ................................................................................................ 42
Table 46: Means of price of firewood, time spent in collecting firewood, frequency of collection and quantity of
fuel used by AEZ .......................................................................................................................................... 43
Table 47: Proportion of the respondents growing trees by AEZ........................................................................... 44
Table 48: Means of asset index by AEZ ............................................................................................................... 45
Table 49: Mean overall quantities of selected commodities traded in the survey area ......................................... 47
Table 50: Proportion of respondents who received credit by AEZ ....................................................................... 48
Table 51: Distribution of respondents by type of credit by AEZ .......................................................................... 48
Table 52: Distribution of respondents by source of credit and AEZ..................................................................... 49
Table 53: Mean value of credit (Tsh).................................................................................................................... 49
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