The Ndonga Linena Constituency is located in the central part of the Region in a long strip traversing the region from north to south. The constituency was sub-divided from the previous Ndiyona Constituency during the 2013 delineation.
SIZE, LOCATION AND POPULATION
The constituency is 2,850.6 km2 in extent and had a population of 11,082 in 2011 at a mean density of 3.89 persons per km2.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
The economy of the Ndonga Linena Constituency is mostly built on the Ndonga Linena and Shitemo irrigation projects close to the river and subsistence farming consisting of crop production and livestock rearing in the reminder of the constituency. In terms of conservation and community based natural resource management, the constituency shares the Hans Kanyinga community forest with the Mashare Constituency but has no other conservancies of community managed natural resource areas.
Shankara Rest Camp is the only tourist establishments in the constituency.
POTENTIAL AREAS OF INVESTMENT
Sector
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Areas of Investment
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Agriculture and Agro Processing
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Intensive small scale Irrigated Horticulture
Exotic cultivated products
Cultivated fruits
Processing agricultural produce
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Forestry
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Timber harvesting and partial processing
Thatching Grass
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Urban Development
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Development of Ndiyona as local service centre
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Manufacturing
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Food
Furniture
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Trade
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Development of retail shops for local demand at Ndiyona
Agriculture related retail products at Ndiyona
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Services
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Transport
Technical services (car maintenance, cooling, plumbing etc.)
Services for the tourism industry
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Tourism
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High Standard Lodges utilising the biodiversity of the area
Cultural tourism
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