Kilombero Valley Teak Company Social Impacts of KVTC

Kilombero Valley Teak Company Social Impacts of KVTC Operations Report Presentation at the 2 nd FSC Stakeholders Seminars Held at Ifakara Center April 29 th, 2003 By Kennedy Sabas Haule 1

Figure 1: Surveyed Households Population Age Class Distribution 2

Figure 2 Family Member Responsibilities within Surveyed Households (N=90) 3

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Table 8: Tree Species Planted & Reasons Given in the Households Surveyed (N=72) 5

Figure 4: Proportion of Households Growing Maize by Village 6

Table 4: List of Other Source of Income & Frequency of Households with Livestock (N=90) 7

Consumption Survey • The Households’ consumption survey indicates average expenditure of 14, 486/= Tanzanian shillings per house hold per past week (1 US$ = 1040). Average deviation was 3741/=TShs per house hold per past week. • The survey indicates average past week cash expenditure is 72% of total Households’ consumption. The rest were home produce. 8

Figure 10: Domestic Water Source 9

Figure 5: Pattern of Hunger Season within Surveyed Households 10

Figure 6: Role of KVTC Households Food Security (N=10) 11

Figure 15: Company Benefits Identified by Surveyed Households 12

Figure 11: Households Surveyed working Pattern with KVTC (N=39) Year 1 (1992) Year 12 (2003) 13

Figure 14: Surveyed Households’ Extended Family with KVTC Working Record (N=90) 14

Figure 17: Outsourcing of Contractor Labour Force 15

Figure 16: Issues Raised by Surveyed Households 16

Figure 18: KVTC Plantation Contractors' Labour Force Age Structure (N=96) 17

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