Improved Livelihoods of Eagle Igawa Youth Group through Onion Production at Lugelele Ward in Mbarali District which Found in Mbeya Region, Tanzania.

Swila, Neema Jemsoni (2025) Improved Livelihoods of Eagle Igawa Youth Group through Onion Production at Lugelele Ward in Mbarali District which Found in Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The project aimed to improve livelihoods of Eagle Igawa Youth Group at Lugelele Ward in Mbarali District. The project resulted from Community Needs Assessment which was conducted to determine challenges facing the community and available resources to support required interventions. The general objective of CNA was to assess the contribution of onion production on improving the livelihoods of Eagle Igawa Youth Group in Lugelele Ward. The research used three data collection methods: Questionnaires, Interview and Focus Group Discussion. After analysis of data, the findings indicated that, the community members under the study were facing the challenge of low income; inadequate source of income was the major community need. By using FGD participants proposed to from Eagle Igawa Youth group through which they suggested economic activity to improve their livelihoods. Through pairwise ranking techniques, Eagle Igawa Youth Group formulated the project of ‗Production of Onion‘. The project was implemented in 3 months from August to October 2024. The outcome of the project was to train 10 group members about the production of onion. The group was able to produce 220 of bags per three months and secured reliable market to sell all bags of onion at the local market. At a full scale of operations, the group was able to earn a monthly average income of TZS 37,400,000. Results from participatory monitoring and evaluation indicated that the project was successful implemented, and Eagle Igawa Group at Lugelele Ward was able to improve livelihoods at individual levels and raise standard of living at household levels. Keywords: Onion production, Youth, Livelihoods, Poverty

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