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table 8.1
Overview of Mtibwa Sugar Estate and Kilombero Plantations Limited Outgrower Schemes
Key variables
Mtibwa Sugar Estate s 1
Kilombero Plantations Limited 2
OG crop sown
Sugarcane
Rice
Other crops grown by
farmers
Rice, maize, sunflower, pigeon pea, pumpkin,
vegetables
Maize, cassava, sweet potato, banana, watermelon,
vegetables
District
Mvomero
Kilombero
Estate size (hectares)
6000 (5400 in use 3 )
5000
Number of outgrowers
3500
1200 (scaling up to 4500 in 2013)
Number of households
interviewed
50 (29 OG/21 non-OG)
92 (57 OG/35 non-OG)
Current ownership structure
Private (domestic: Super Group of Companies)
Public-Private (Agrica, 4 RUBADA, 5 Norfund, 6
Swefund, Capricorn 7 ) , International
Past ownership structure
Government parastatal
Joint venture between the Governments of Tanzania
and North Korea.
Outgrower scheme initiated
1996/1997
2011/2012
Rainfall pattern, climate
trends and key climate
stressors identified
Bimodal rainfall pattern. Two main rain seasons:
March-May (Masika)
October- December (Vuli)
Decreasing rainfall in the Vuli season; 8
Periodic rainfall shortages in the Masika; flooding in the
Vuli; disappearance of the Vuli rains and increasingly
unreliable rainfall patterns reported by farmers
Unimodal rainfall pattern
Reliable rainfall in the main rain season (December-
May)
Periodic flooding 9
Unreliable onset of the main rains, increasing
temperatures and increasing crop and livestock pests
and diseases were reported by farmers
Sample population for
household interviews
Lungo village (185 households)
Mkangawalo village (ca. 1300 households): Kidete,
Mgudeni, Ilole and Idulike sub-villages
Sampling methods
Purposive: OG and non-OG farming households of
different wealth categories
Purposive: OG and non-OG farming households and
households of different wealth categories
 
 
 
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