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United Republic of Tanzania NATIONAL SAMPLE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2002/2003 Volume Vp: REGIONAL REPORT: 1 National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Water and Livestock Development, Tanzania Agriculture Sample Census Ministry of Cooperatives and Marketing, Presidents Office, Regional Administration and Local Government December 2007 United Republic of Tanzania NATIONAL SAMPLE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2002/2003 VOLUME Vp: REGIONAL REPORT:KIGOMA REGION National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of agriculture and Food Security, Ministry of Water and Livestock Development, Ministry of Cooperatives and Marketing, Presidents Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs – Zanzibar December 2007 ACRONYMS i ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents............................................................................................................................................................... i Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................................................... v Preface..............................................................................................................................................................................vi Executive summary........................................................................................................................................................ vii Illustrations.................................................................................................................................................................... xiv CENSUS RESULT ANALYSIS PART I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Geographical Location and Boundaries............................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Land Area......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Climate.............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.4.1 Temperature ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.4.2 Rainfall................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.5 Population ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.6 Socio-economic Indicators.............................................................................................................................. 1 PART II: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 The Rationale for Conducting the National Sample Census of Agriculture............................................ 3 2.2 Census Objectives............................................................................................................................................ 3 2.3 Census Coverage and Scope........................................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Legal Authority of the National Sample Census of Agriculture................................................................ 5 2.5 Reference Period.............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.6 Census Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.6.1 Census Organization........................................................................................................................... 6 2.6.2 Tabulation Plan................................................................................................................................... 6 2.6.3 Sample Design.................................................................................................................................... 6 2.6.4 Questionnaire Design and Other Census Instruments ....................................................................... 6 2.6.5 Field Pre-Testing of the Census Instruments ..................................................................................... 6 2.6.6 Training of Trainers, Supervisors and Enumerators.......................................................................... 6 2.6.7 Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Campaign......................................................... 6 2.6.8 Household Listing............................................................................................................................... 7 2.6.9 Data Collection ................................................................................................................................... 7 2.6.10 Field Supervision and Consistency Checks ....................................................................................... 7 2.6.11 Data Processing................................................................................................................................... 8 - Manual Editing.............................................................................................................................. 8 - Data Entry..................................................................................................................................... 8 - Data Structure Formatting ............................................................................................................ 8 - Batch Validation ........................................................................................................................... 8 - Tabulations..................................................................................................................................... 8 - Analysis and Report Preparations ................................................................................................ 9 - Data Quality.................................................................................................................................. 9 2.7 Funding Arrangements............................................................................................................................. 9 PART III: CENSUS RESULTS AND ANALYSIS................................................................................................. 10 3.1 Household Characteristics............................................................................................................................ 10 3.1.1 Type of Household........................................................................................................................... 10 3.1.2 Livelihood Activities/Source of Income .......................................................................................... 11 3.1.3 Sex and Age of Heads of Households.............................................................................................. 11 3.1.4 Number and age of Household Members......................................................................................... 11 3.1.5 Level of Education............................................................................................................................ 11 - Literacy....................................................................................................................................... 11 - Literacy Level for Household Members .................................................................................... 15 - Literacy Rates for Heads of Households.................................................................................... 15 - Educational Status....................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.6 Off-farm Income............................................................................................................................... 16 3.2 Land Use ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2.1 Area of Land Utilised ....................................................................................................................... 17 3.2.2 Types of Land use............................................................................................................................. 17 ACRONYMS ii ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.3 Annual Crops and Vegetable Production................................................................................................... 18 3.3.1 Area Planted.....................................................................................................................................