12.07.2015 Views

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

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

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

CENSUS RESULTS11hectares in 1994/95 to 1,105,125 hectares in 2002/03. There was also a decrease in the average area of large scale farms by32 percent from 1,370 average hectares per farm in 1994/95 to 916 average hectares per farm in 2002/03 (Chart 2.6).Chart 2.6 shows the number of large farms <strong>and</strong>the area planted by region. Tanga has the largestarea the largest area of large scale farmsrepresenting 17 percent of the total area underlarge scale farming in Tanzania. This wasfollowed by Morogoro (12%) <strong>and</strong> Kagera (11%).Dar es Salaam, Singida, Shinyanga, Tabora, <strong>and</strong>Dodoma (Chart 2.7) had the smallest l<strong>and</strong> areaunder l;arge scale farms.Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s150100500ManyaraArushaMorogoroChart 2.7: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Area Planted by RegionsIt is important to note that regions with theRegionsNumber of <strong>Farm</strong>s Area Plantedhighest l<strong>and</strong> area of large scale farms do notnecessarily have the largest number of farms. For instance, though Tanga Region has the fourth highest number of farms itwas the leading region in terms of allocated l<strong>and</strong> area (88,800 ha , 17% of the total area covered by large scale farms).Likewise, Kagera region, despite having only 11 large scale holdings, they covered 123,615 hectares (11% of the total areacovered by large scale farms) (Chart 2.7).TangaKilimanjaroDar es Salaam CoastMwanzaIringaRuvumaMbeyaMtwaraKigomaShinyangaSingidaTaboraMaraDodomaRukwaKageraLindiChart 2.8: Distribution of Area Covered by Type of <strong>Farm</strong> Holdings 2002/03200,000160,000120,00080,00040,0000Area Planted (Ha)2.2.1 Area under holdingsThe total area of large scale farms in 2003/04was 1,105,125 hectares. The largest area wascovered by crops only farms (534,166 ha,48%) followed by livestock only farms(414,425 ha, 38%) <strong>and</strong> both, crops <strong>and</strong>livestock farms (156,534 ha, 14%), (Chart2.8).Crops <strong>and</strong>Livestock, 156,534,14%Livestock Only,414,425, 38%Crops Only,534,166, 48%Crops Only Livestock Only Crops <strong>and</strong> LivestockThe overall average area per farm was 912hectares per farm. However, farms with livestockonly have a larger average area per farm (1,713hectares per farm) compared to other types offarms; Crops only have 752 hectares per farm;crops <strong>and</strong> livestock have 602 hectares per farm(Table 2.2).Table 2.2: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s, Area <strong>and</strong> Area per <strong>Farm</strong> by Type of <strong>Farm</strong>Type of <strong>Farm</strong> Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Area(Ha) % AreaAverage Areaper <strong>Farm</strong>Crops Only 710 534,166 48 752Livestock Only 242 414,425 38 1,713Crops <strong>and</strong> Livestock 260 156,534 14 602Total 1,212 1,105,125 912Tanzania <strong>Agriculture</strong> Sample Census – 2003

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!