Abstract:
The study assessed the household socio-economic effects of IIMFS withdraw along Mount
Kilimanjaro in Moshi district, Tanzania. Specifically, it examined the services accessed by
the native communities which were involved in the IIMFS, assessed the socio-economic
effects of HFMS withdraw among the natives' households and examined the environmental
effects of the HMFS withdraw. This study adopted a cross-sectional research design. The
study was conducted in Moshi district. The unit of analysis for this study involved all
households in the selected villages which were under the 11MFS programme. The analysis
of quantitative data deployed a descriptive statistic where frequency and percentages were
computed. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis of which categorized
opinions, comments and ideas of leaders and reported concurrently with quantitative data.
The study identified the services accessed by the native communities which were involved
in the HMFS, socio-economic effects of HFMS withdraw among the natives' households
and environmental effects of the 11MFS withdraw in the study area. The study concluded
that there are different services accessed by households’ members before their withdraw
firewood, grazing, timber production, poles collection and agriculture The socio-economic
effects of JIFMS withdraw among people along Mount Kilimanjaro were obtained,
including reduced income, inadequate, access to recreational, reduced access to cultural
activities and food services.
