Improving Income Through Tomato Farming: Case of Women Group Misugusugu Ward, Kibaha.

Cosmas, Liberatha N. (2023) Improving Income Through Tomato Farming: Case of Women Group Misugusugu Ward, Kibaha. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This project report emanates from a project on improving income of women through Tomato farming at Misugusugu Ward, in Kibaha district council. Before the intervention, Community Needs Assessment (CNA) was carefully carried-out which established the community needs and problems. Through CNA it was established that, the main problem which face majority of women at Misugusugu Ward was absence of proper income generating activities relevant to their lives. The study set out specific objectives towards solving the problem. The objectives were, create awareness on income generating activities to 5 unemployed women of Misugusugu Hamlet by June 2023, empower 5 unemployed women on tomato production skills and techniques by June 2023, start a tomato project for cultivation of greens in 5gardens by 30 unemployed women group by June 2023 and facilitate 5 unemployed women in marketing of the produced tomato products by August 2023. All objectives were already achieved implemented since project based on tomato farming was already established tom five (5) women who generate income and create few temporary employments to few community members around the community. Also project implemented has been provided lessons to all community members from an area since number of women were influenced to establish other project at Misugusugu area. The main challenges facing project implementation were lack of funding, bureaucracy from government offices especially when seeking letter of permission, negative attitudes from community members, poverty to community members as well as home and job responsibilities especially to women. The main success for project is established sustainable tomato project for generating income to women.

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