Morogoro District Songea District
Number  of  natural forests 17 10
Number of  miombo woodlands 9 7
Randomly selected miombo woodlands Dindili FR SongeaFuelwood FR
Kitulangalo FR Matogoro FR
Total  villages surrounding selected wood lands Dindili FR = 2 SongeaFuelwood FR= 3
Kitulangalo FR = 3 Matogoro FR= 3
Randomly selected village Fulwe  (Dindili FR) Mtyangimbole (Songea FW FR)
Maseyu (Kitulangalo FR) Ndilimalitembo (Matogoro FR)
Total  hamlets in selected village Fulwe = 8 Mtyangimbole= 4
Maseyu = 5 Ndilimalitembo= 3
Randomly selected hamlet Maseyu : Dindili Mtyangimbole : Kanisani
:  Ulundo  
Fulwe : Ng’mbala Ndilimalitembo : Ndilimalitembo
: Kitulangalo  
Total  households in selected hamlet Dindili = 39 Kanisani = 45
Ulundo= 68 Ndilimalitembo= 59
Ng’mbala= 36  
Kitulangalo= 45  
Number  of randomly sampled  households Dindil = 35 Kanisani= 40
Ulund = 58 Ndilimalitembo= 51
Ng’mbala= 33  
Kitulangal = 41  
Total sampled households 167 91
Table 5: Sampled households in rural areas of the study area.