Improving Income to OSOTWA Women group of Esilalei through Poultry Keeping Production at Mungere Village in Monduli District Council Arusha Region.

Akyoo, Emmanuel (2023) Improving Income to OSOTWA Women group of Esilalei through Poultry Keeping Production at Mungere Village in Monduli District Council Arusha Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This project is an outcome of the research study that was conducted at Mungere Village in Esilalei ward in Monduli District. The study and project implementation covers the period from January to July 2020.The study was conducted by using participatory methods. Community needs assessment was conducted at Mungere Village by using participatory methods such as Focus Group Discussions, Interviews, and the use of questionnaire for primary data collection and for secondary data collection there was review of journals, books, internet, and reports. The study found different needs and these needs were ranked by the use of Pair wise ranking in order to determine the potential project. The first ranked potential project was Poultry keeping project. Poultry keeping project was ranked by the community as the number one project to be implemented as their income improving project. The study revealed that Poultry keeping project will be sustainable as it was identified by the communities themselves and they had implemented it with efficiency, cheap to establish and the demand of the poultry products increases with time. Also, time frame for the keeping and become ready for sales is very short. The study recommends that community members can organize themselves and manage the income improving projects in order to increase their incomes. Through trainings, community members can achieve their planned project goal and the project become sustainable and reduce income poverty to community members. Key words: Poultry keeping, Poultry production, Improvement of livelihood, Sustainable Economic development.

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