United Republic of Tanzania NATIONAL SAMPLE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2002/2003 Volume Vj: REGIONAL REPORT: 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 December 2007 United Republic of Tanzania NATIONAL SAMPLE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2002/2003 VOLUME Vk: REGIONAL REPORT: RUVUMA 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 TOC i __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents............................................................................................................................................................... i Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................................................... v Preface .......................................................................................................................................................................... vi Executive summary........................................................................................................................................................ vii Illustrations..................................................................................................................................................................... xii 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........................................................................................................................... 5 2.6.2 Tabulation Plan................................................................................................................................... 6 2.6.3 Sample Design.................................................................................................................................... 6 2.6.4 Questionnaire Design and Other Census Instruments ....................................................................... 7 2.6.5 Field Pre-Testing of the Census Instruments ..................................................................................... 7 2.6.6 Training of Trainers, Supervisors and Enumerators.......................................................................... 7 2.6.7 Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Campaign......................................................... 7 2.6.8 Household Listing............................................................................................................................... 8 2.6.9 Data Collection ................................................................................................................................... 8 2.6.10 Field Supervision and Consistency Checks ....................................................................................... 8 2.6.11 Data Processing.................................................................................................................................. 8 - Manual Editing.............................................................................................................................. 9 - Data Entry..................................................................................................................................... 9 - Data Structure Formatting ............................................................................................................ 9 - Batch Validation ........................................................................................................................... 9 - Tabulations.................................................................................................................................... 9 - Analysis and Report Preparations ................................................................................................ 9 - Data Quality................................................................................................................................ 10 2.7 Funding Arrangements........................................................................................................................... 10 PART III: CENSUS RESULTS AND ANALYSIS................................................................................................. 11 3.1 Household Characteristics ........................................................................................................................... 11 3.1.1 Type of Holdings.............................................................................................................................. 11 3.1.2 Livelihood Activities/Source of Income .......................................................................................... 11 3.1.3 Sex and Age of Heads of Households.............................................................................................. 11 3.1.4 Number of Household Members ...................................................................................................... 15 3.1.5 Level of Education............................................................................................................................ 15 - Literacy ....................................................................................................................................... 15 - Literacy Level for Household Members .................................................................................... 15 - Litaracy Rates for Heads of Households.................................................................................... 15 - Educational Status....................................................................................................................... 16 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ Tanzania Agriculture Sample Census TOC ii __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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............................................................................................................................. 18 3.3 Annual Crops and Vegetable Production..................................................................................................