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is 90,929.0 Metric tons while the average production of
the same is about 86,981.0 tons, effecting protein food
crops food shortage in Kilimanjaro region to the tune of
3,948.0 Metric tons.
N.B: The high volume of productivity in the case of bananas is
attributed to acceptability of high yielding varieties (PARS)
which was introduced recently by research and extension
coupled by market demand in Dar es Salaam.
2.4.1.8 Cash Crops:
In the highland area the main cash crops grown in homestead
plots is coffee inter-cropped with bananas. Coffee
introduced in Tanzania in 1890's was first grown in
Kilimanjaro region in the 1910s. Table XIV below shows
the type of major cash crops produced in the region.
TABLE XIV: CASH CROP PRODUCTION, 1988/89 - 1990/91 (TONS)
Crops 1990/91 1991/92 1992/9 1993/9 1994/95 1995/96
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Coffee 16584 17031 17207 12288 9421 12400
Cotton 569 1153 0 190 254 265
Sugarcane 40,000 40,000 33,100 33,200 35,100 33,100
Wheat 4510 2060 3634 316 4140 4765
Sunflower 1524 1972 120 775 2983 4876
Cardamon 11 7 10 100 10 10
Source:
Regional Commissioner’s Office, Kilimanjaro
Fig. 6: Cash Crop Production, 1990/91 - 1995/96
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