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This study assessed the Impact of Income Generating Activities on Development of
Coastal Communities in Tanzania, a case study of Pangani District council. The study is
based on four specific objectives which sought to: identify the main types of income
generating activities; identify the factors affecting the development of income generating
activities; determine the factors hindering community participation in income generating
activities; and assessing the impact of income generating activities in Pangani District
Council.
A target population of 4697 people was used and a sample of 80 people was selected to
represent the population.Non probability sampling techniques were used in choosing the
sample. Purposive sampling was one of the non-probability techniques used to ensure
that various types of enterprises were included in the research. Data were collected using
questionnaires; interview; and documentary review methods. The collected data were
analyzed by using documentation method.
The result from this study showed that, there are different income generating activities
done to increase household income such as agricultural services, animal husbandry,
wholesale distribution, fishing, retail business, and service business. The problem of
poor market facilities, limited access to land for building houses and crop cultivation,
inadequate communication aid during fishing trip, lack of signal light at fish land station,
market challenges, government policies and regulations, hard conditions of taking loan
given by financial institutions, and low capital, were the factors affecting the income
generating activities of coastal communities. Despite those factors, the income
generating activities done, helped to increase household income and to bring
development of coastal communities. Income generating activities empower coastal
women to bring improvement in women‟s participation in household decision making,
family planning, children survival rate, health and nutrition and children education
especially girls education. |
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