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Table 1 Studied ethnic groups settlement and their main economic activities

From: Wild mushroom- an underutilized healthy food resource and income generator: experience from Tanzania rural areas

Country zone

Settlement region

Dominant tribes

Economic activities

Western part

Kigoma

Ha

agriculture, livestock keeping, fishing and gathering

 

Tabora

Nyamwezi, Manyema

agriculture, livestock keeping and gathering

Lake zone

Geita

Sukuma, Zinza, Subi

agriculture, livestock keeping, fishing, gathering, mining

 

Mwanza

Sukuma, Kerewe, Zinza

fishing, agriculture and gathering

 

Shinyanga

Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Nyantuzu

livestock keeping, fishing, mining agriculture and gathering

North eastern

Mara-Serengeti

Kurya, Jita

livestock keeping, fishing, hunting and gathering

 

Arusha-Ngorongoro

Maasai, Sonjo

livestock keeping, hunting and subsistence agriculture

Southern coast part

Lindi

Ngindo

agriculture, fishing and gathering

 

Mtwara

Makonde, Mwela, Makua, Yao

agriculture and gathering

Southern highlands

Iringa

Hehe, Bena, Kinga

agriculture, livestock keeping, hunting and gathering

Northern coast part

Coast

Zaramo, Ngindo, Kwele

fishing, subsistence agriculture and gathering

 

Tanga

Zigua, Bondei

agriculture and gathering

 

Dar es Salaam

Zaramo, Ngindo

fishing, subsistence agriculture and gathering