Improved income of Kiliko Group Coops through Vegetable production in Mvumoni Ward Chake Chake District Pemba Island, Zanzibar Tanzania.

Kombo, Khatibu Bakari (2022) Improved income of Kiliko Group Coops through Vegetable production in Mvumoni Ward Chake Chake District Pemba Island, Zanzibar Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The Community Needs Assessment was conducted in Mvumoni Village. The target Community was the result of vote conducted the name of the group were obtained and named Kiliko group coops as economic activity group. The general objective of the project was to ensure it discovers the current situation people are facing within the community so as to plan on how to make a project to improve the living standard of the people under study.The information was gathered by using different techniques which include questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviewing and observation. The project exposed challenges faced Vegetable farmers such as poor skills on how to increase income and starting capital as well as the reliable income generating activity. The project outputs resulted where by 30 group members were trained on Vegetable production, as well as the place for marketing the products and initial starting capital were raised. Not only that but also the group were officially registered at Ward level and recognized by ward leaders as the group dealing with vegetable production. Putting into practice of the project designed was based on Community Needs Assessment which was carried out during the participatory assessment process. The project has been successful in a way that, those beneficiaries of the project who were involved in the Community Needs Assessment found that it is worth of improving the lives of people in the community. Keywords: Income, Kiliko Group Coops, Vegetable Production, Production.

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