SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND (UK) with support from ECHO and WFP/DFID in collaboration with: THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, TANZANIA, represented by the DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HOUSEHOLD FOOD ECONOMY ASSESSMENT ARUSHA REGION Written by Tanya Boudreau Consultant, The Food Economy Group (F.E.G.) August 1999 SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND – UK P. O. Box 10414, Dar es Salaam E-mail:
[email protected] Household Food Economy Assessment – Arusha Region - The Household Food Economy Assessment in Arusha Region was undertaken within the frame work of the Emergency Support to Household Food Economy Assessments in Tanzania project. The project is a joint initiative of the Disaster Management Department (Prime Ministers Office), the World Food Programme and Save the Children Fund (UK). The overall project covers two additional regions of Tanzania, i.e. Singida and Dodoma, where similar assessments have been conducted. Arusha Region Field Team: Tanya Boudreau, Team Leader, Consultant, The Food Economy Group (F.E.G.) Jose Lopez, SCF (UK) Gabriel Kimolo, Disaster Management Department (PMO) Domina Kambanangwe, The World Food Programme, Kibondo R.I. Samwi, SCF (UK) Suleiman S. Mohamed, The World Food Programme/SCF (UK), Somalia I N T R O D U C T I O N The following report stems from two Tanzania - Arusha Region months of field study in Arusha Region, in May - July 1999, designed to establish baseline information on the livelihood patterns of rural households in different parts of the Region. The study was part of a larger initiative to establish a baseline food economy picture for three regions in the north and centre of Tanzania, including Arusha, Singida and Dodoma Regions.