Table 1 Description of study location in Tanzania, Côte d’Ivoire and India
Features | Tanzania | Côte d’Ivoire | India |
|---|---|---|---|
Location of the study | Bagamoyo district in the Coastal region, located 70 km North of Dar Es Salaam | Tiassalé district in the Agnéby-Tiassa region, located 135 km North of Abidjan, in Southern Côte d’Ivoire | Kurnool district in the Andhra Pradesh state. Study villages are on the embankment of the river Tungabhadra |
Global positioning system | Latitudes 6° 37ʹ South Longitudes 38° 58ʹ East | Latitude 5° 54′ North Longitude 4° 50′ West | Latitude 15° 81′ North Longitude 77° 96′ East |
Tropical Climate | An average annual rainfall of 900 mm and temperature of 28 °C | An average annual rainfall of 1739 mm and temperature of 26.6 °C | An average annual rainfall of 705 mm and temperatures ranging from 26 to 46 °C in the summer and 12 °C to 31 °C in the winter |
Economic activities of inhabitants | Most of the inhabitants are small-scale farmers | Most of the inhabitants are subsistence farmers and civil servants | Most of the inhabitants are small-scale subsistence farmers and civil servants |