Annex VI
Table 1.1 Primary Source of Water

District	Spring		River		Stream		Groundwater		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	58	61%	22	23%	8	8%	7	7%	95
Songea rural	116	59%	31	16%	34	17%	14	7%	195
Mbinga	75	48%	25	16%	54	35%	1	1%	155
Tunduru	98	51%	61	32%	28	15%	4	2%	191
Ruvuma total	347	55%	139	22%	124	19%	26	4%	636

Table 1.2 Secondary sources of water

District	Spring		River		Stream		Groundwater		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	9	17%	0	0%	26	50%	17	33%	52
Songea rural	41	31%	9	7%	49	37%	34	26%	133
Mbinga	18	38%	2	4%	14	29%	14	29%	48
Tunduru	23	15%	6	4%	88	58%	36	24%	153
Ruvuma total	91	24%	17	4%	177	46%	101	26%	386

Table 2.1 Main source of income in fish farming households

District	Sales of maize		Sales of cash crop		Sales of livestock		Sales of fish		Wages & salaries		Others		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	14	67%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0	6	29%	1	5%	21
Songea rural	31	56%	5	9%	4	7%	1	2%	6	11%	8	15%	55
Mbinga	11	35%	19	61%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	3%	31
Tunduru	16	31%	20	38%	0	0%	1	2%	6	12%	9	17%	52
Ruvuma total	72	45%	44	28%	4	3%	2	3%	18	11%	19	12%	159

Table 2.2 Second source of income in fish farming households

District	Sales of maize		Sales of cash crops		Sales of livestock		Sales of fish		Wages &		Others		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	5	26%	0	0	4	21%	4	21%	2	11%	4	21%	19
Songea rural	16	30%	6	11%	11	21%	6	11%	6	11%	8	15%	53
Mbinga	10	32%	5	16%	9	29%	0	0%	0	0%	7	23%	31
Tunduru	10	19%	15	29%	4	8%	10	19%	2	4%	11	21%	52
Ruvuma total	41	26%	26	26%	28	18%	20	13%	10	6%	30	19%	155

Table 2.3 Third source of income

District	Sales of maize		Sales of cash crops		Sales of livestock		Sales of fish		Wages & salaries		Others		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	1	5%	0	0%	4	21%	13	68%	0	0%	1	5%	19
Songea rural	6	13%	2	4%	11	23%	19	40%	1	2%	9	19%	48
Mbinga	2	10%	1	5%	4	20%	8	40%	1	5%	4	20%	20
Tunduru	7	16%	6	14%	6	14%	15	34%	3	7%	7	16%	44
Ruvuma total	16	12%	9	7%	25	19%	55	42%	5	4%	21	16%	131

Table 3.1: Frequency of intake: fish from the ponds

District	Rarely		Special occasion only		1–3 times/month		1–2 times/week		More than 3 times/week		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	Total
Songea urban	5	24%	3	14%	7	33%	4	19%	2	10%	21
Songea rural	11	21%	8	15%	13	25%	14	26%	7	13%	53
Mbinga	21	66%	3	9%	4	13%	3	9%	1	3%	32
Tunduru	21	42%	5	10%	13	26%	6	12%	5	10%	50
Ruvuma total	58	37%	19	12%	37	24%	27	17%	15	10%	156

Table 3.2: Frequency of intake:
dried fish

District	Rarely		Special occasion only		1–3 times/month		1–2 times/week		More than 3 times/week		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	Total
Songea urban	3	14%	2	10%	3	14%	8	38%	5	24%	21
Songea rural	22	40%	2	4%	10	18%	17	31%	4	7%	55
Mbinga	11	38%	3	10%	0	0%	2	7%	13	45%	29
Tunduru	20	39%	0	0%	2	4%	12	24%	17	33%	51
Ruvuma total	56	36%	7	4%	15	10%	39	25%	39	25%	156

Table 3.3: Frequency of intake:
eggs

District	Rarely		Special occasion only		1–3 times/month		1–2 times/week		More than 3 times/week		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	9	43%	1	5%	6	29%	3	14%	2	10%	21
Songea rural	29	53%	4	7%	14	25%	5	9%	3	5%	55
Mbinga	19	66%	1	3%	1	3%	3	10%	5	17%	29
Tunduru	31	63%	2	4%	6	12%	7	14%	3	6%	49
Ruvuma total	88	57%	8	5%	27	18%	18	12%	13	8%	154

Table 3.4: Frequency of intake: meat

District	Rarely		Special occasion only		1–3 times/month		1–2 times/week		More than 3 times/week		Total
Songea urban	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
	5	24%	0	0%	9	43%	4	19%	3	14%	21
Songea rural	22	40%	6	11%	14	25%	10	18%	3	5%	55
Mbinga	15	48%	1	3%	5	16%	5	16%	5	16%	31
Tunduru	35	69%	7	14%	5	10%	3	6%	1	2%	51
Ruvuma total	77	49%	14	9%	33	21%	22	14%	12	8%	158

Table 4.1: Main use of income from fish farming

District	Repair of ponds		Purchase of fish feed		Purchase of agricultural inputs		School fees		Other domestic uses		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	2	11%	3	17%	5	28%	7	39%	1	6%	18
Songea rural	6	12%	2	4%	13	27%	11	22%	17	35%	49
Mbinga	1	8%	2	15%	4	31%	0	0%	6	46%	13
Tunduru	0	0%	2	4%	4	9%	2	4%	39	83%	47
Ruvuma total	9	7%	9	7%	26	20%	20	16%	63	50%	127

Table 4.2: Secondary use of income from fish farming

District	Repair of ponds		Purchase of fish feed		Purchase of agricultural inputs		School fees		Other domestic uses		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	4	22%	3	17%	6	33%	2	11%	3	17%	18
Songea rural	12	24%	6	33%	7	14%	11	22%	3	6%	49
Mbinga	3	30%	3	30%	1	10%	2	20%	1	10%	10
Tunduru	8	22%	2	6%	10	28%	13	36%	3	8%	36
Ruvuma total	27	30%	14	27%	24	21%	28	25%	10	9%	113

Table 4.3: Third use of income from fish farming

District	Repair of ponds		Purchase of fish feed		Purchase of agricultural inputs		School fees		Other domestic uses		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	6	35%	3	18%	1	6%	3	18%	4	23%	17
Songea rural	7	21%	4	12%	7	21%	7	21%	9	27%	34
Mbinga	1	14%	2	29%	1	14%	1	14%	2	29%	7
Tunduru	6	26%	1	4%	10	43%	2	9%	4	17%	23
Ruvuma total	20	25%	10	12%	19	24%	13	16%	19	24%	81

Table 5.1: Main reason for fish farming

District	Regular food supply		Food for emergencies		Occasional income		Others	Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	No.
Songea urban	14	50%	0	0%	13	46%	1	28
Songea rural	42	88%	0	0%	6	13%	0	48
Mbinga	32	100%	0	0%	0	0%	0	32
Tunduru	51	98%	0	0%	1	2%	0	52
Ruvuma total	139	87%	0	0%	20	13%	1	160

Table 5.2: Secondary reason for fish farming

District	Regular food supply		Food for emergencies		Occasional income		Others		Total
District	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Songea urban	6	29%	1	5%	14	67%	0	0	21
Songea rural	12	22%	0	0%	41	76%	1	2%	54
Mbinga	0	0%	4	14%	25	86%	0	0%	29
Tunduru	1	2%	4	8%	47	90%	0	0%	52
Ruvuma total	19	12%	9	6%	127	81%	1	1%	156