Economic Valuation of Nontimber Forest Products under the Changing Climate in Kilombero District, Tanzania

Table 1

Some physical and demographic characteristics of the study area.

Characteristics	Mpofu	Igima	Njage	Mngeta
Geographic position	08°12′57′′S; 36°14′33′′E	08°15′59′′S; 36°13′27′′E	08°15′26′′S; 36°10′08′′E	08°19′24′′S; 36°06′28′′E
Mean altitude (m)	295	274	312	387
Population of people	3 123	5 146	3 402	5 116
Average household size	4.72	4.82	4.78	4.93
Crops grown	Main (banana, maize, rice); others (sesame, cocoa, sunflower, cassava)	Main (rice, banana); others (maize, cassava)	Main (rice, banana, maize); others (sesame, cassava)	Main (rice, maize); others (cassava, banana)
Ethnic groups	Main (Hehe, Nyakyusa, Bena, Ndali); others (Sukuma, Makua, Kerewe, Gita, Ndamba, Pogolo, Nyamwezi, Haya, Safwa, and Kinga)	Main (Ndamba, Hehe, Nyakyusa); others (Bena, Sukuma, Pogolo, Kerewe, Chaga, and Nyamwezi)	Main (Hehe, Bena, Nyakyusa, Ndamba); others (Sukuma, Pogolo, Kerewe, Gita, Chaga, and Matumbi)	Main (Ndamba, Hehe, Bena, and Sukuma); others (Pogolo, Nyakyusa, Ndali, Luguru, Kinga, and Matumbi)

Housing and population census of 2012 [32]; number of households in each village is indicated in Table 2.