Improved Income of Tupendane Women Group Through Food Spices Production and Packaging in Kigogo Ward, Kinondoni District.

Charles, Tusajigwe (2024) Improved Income of Tupendane Women Group Through Food Spices Production and Packaging in Kigogo Ward, Kinondoni District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This project report is the result of a project to increase women’s income through food spices processing in Kigogo Ward, Kinondoni District Council. Prior to the intervention, a thorough Community Needs Assessment (CNA) which was conducted to determine the community’s needs and project relevant to women group. The case study was used as blueprint for the project implementation. Purposive and simple random samplings were used in selecting respondents such as women group and extension officers. CNA revealed that the needs confronting the majority of women in Kigogo Ward involved in food spices processing were capital, training, packaging and processing technology, office and market network for selling food spices products.To prepare an office for food spice processing and packaging by 5 women through renting by July, 2024, train five members of TUPENDANE women group on food spice processing and packaging through workshop by August, 2024 and 100 packages of containers prepared for packing food spices through purchasing from manufacturer by September, 2024 and link the group with buyers and raise 4,000,000 Tsh by October, 2024. Since a number of women were encouraged to develop other projects in the Kigogoarea, the project was implemented and lessons to all community members were provided. The obstacles to project implementation insufficient capital, bureaucracy from government agencies, particularly when seeking a letter of approval, negative views from community members and poverty for community members.

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