Issues

Over 94% of the population in Lushoto is engaged in farming. A very small minority of Lushoto’s rural population is engaged in the natural resources sector (3.4%), public sector (0.9%), commerce (0.8%), manufacturing or construction (0.6%) or infrastructure and other activities (0.3%).

The majority (58%) of the economically active adult population in Lushoto is made up of women. Ninety percent of women are engaged in agriculture, compared to 83 % of men, who are three times more likely than women to be engaged in paid employment (5.7% against 2% of women).