Large Scale Farm Report - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYxiii• PaddyPaddy was grown on 135 large scale farms during long rainy season covering 4,516 hectares producing 9,358 tones. Thearea harvested was 3,518 hectares recording a yield of 2.7 tonnes per hectare. During short rainy season 59 large scalefarms covering 923 hectares were plated with paddy producing 2,095 tonnes. The area harvested was 857 hectaresrecording a yield of 2.4 tonnes per hectare. The total area for paddy was 5,439 (6.6%) hectares of total area grown annualcrops producing 11,453 tonnes recording a yield of 2.6 tonnes per hectare. In 1994/95 agriculture year 17,380 tonnes ofpaddy were harvested. From 1994/95 to 2002/03 there was a decrease in production by 35 percent.During long rainy season the highest concentration of numbers of farms were in Morogoro and Ruvuma while the lowestnumbers were in Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Iringa, Singida, Dodoma, Lindi and Rukwa. Paddy was virtually not grown inKagera, Kigoma and Mara. Morogoro has the largest planted area (1,538 ha) followed by Mbeya (726 ha) and Ruvuma(474 ha). Singida has the smallest planted area of (8 ha) followed by Kilimanjaro (12 ha), Arusha (24 ha), Dar es Salaam(29 ha) and Dodoma (30 ha).In short rainy season the largest number of large scale farms were found in Mwanza and Morogoro while the lowestnumbers of large scale farms were found in Kilimanjaro, Coast, Dar es Salaam, Mtwara and Mbeya. Tanga has the largestarea of 402 hectares followed by Mwanza (212 ha) and Morogoro (151 ha). Dar es Salaam has the smallest area plantedwith paddy.• WheatWheat was grown in nine regions on 76 large scale farms during long rainy season covering 9,790 hectares producing29,559 tonnes. The area harvested was 9,694 recording a yield of 3.0 tonnes per hectare. During short rainy season it wasgrown in two regions in 6 large scale farms covering 850 hectares producing 1,047 tones. The yield was 1.2 tones perhectare. The total area cultivated wheat was therefore 10,554 (13%) hectares which produced 30,606 tonnes of wheat,making an average yield be 2.9 tonnes per hectare. During 1994/95 agriculture year 37,802 tonnes of wheat wereharvested. From 1994/95 to 2002/03 there was a decrease in production by 20 percent.• SorghumSorghum was grown on 36 large scale farms during long rainy season covering 513 hectares producing 829 tonnes. Thearea harvested was 489 hectares recording a yield of 1.7 tonnes per hectare. During short rainy season 21 large scale farmscovering 97 hectares were plated with sorghum producing 140 tonnes. The area harvested was 95 hectares recording ayield of 1.5 tonnes per hectare. The total area for sorghum was therefore 610 (0.7%) hectares of total area grown annualcrops producing 969 tonnes making an average yield of 1.7 tonnes per hectare. In 1994/95 agriculture year, 525 tones wereproduced. From 1994/95 to 2002/03 there was an increase in production of sorghum by 85 percent.• BeansBeans were grown on 210 large scale farms during long rainy season, covering 8,152 hectares producing 7,791 tonnes. Thearea harvested was 7,993 recording a yield of 1.0 tonnes per hectare. Manyara and Arusha were having the largest numberof farms followed by Kilimanjaro. The lowest numbers were in Dodoma, Morogoro, Mara, Tabora and Rukwa. Thehighest area planted with beans was in Arusha and Manyara followed by Kilimanjaro while the lowest was in Morogoro,Mara and Dar es Salaam.Tanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003