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CENSUS RESULTS132.3.1 Type of land usePasture is the most common land use on large scalefarms (234,332 ha). This is followed by permanentmono-crop farming (98,798ha) and temporarymonocrop farming (70,504ha) (Chart 2.12).Chart 2.12 Land Area by Type of UsePastureIn Large Scale Farms the area under PermanentPermanent/Pasture mix 0.4Crops is larger that the area under annuals (around Permanent Mixed crops 0.2101,000 ha permanent crops and 80,000 annualPermanent/Annual mix 0.10 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000crops). Mixed cropping of annual and permanent Area (ha) Percentage of total allocated area Area (ha)crops on large scale farms is not common (1,529 ha). There is also a large area under fallow indicating that crop rotation isimportant in the cropping systems of large scaleChart 2.13: Area of Annual and Permanent Cropsfarms (Chart 2.13).The results also indicate that, permanent monocropscovered a larger area than temporary monocrops(permanent mono-crops 8.9%; temporarymono-crops 6.4%). The area covered by pastureonly was the biggest (21.1%). The reason behind isthe fact that animal grazing need a large area.However, one distinctive observation is thatFallow, 195,541, 52%utilization of land in large scale farming did not yetvery much exhaust all usable land. About 14percent of the available land was not used despite the fact that it was usable (see Chart 2.13).Land UseFallowUncultivated Usable landNatural BushUnusablePermanent Mono-cropsTemporary Mono-cropsPlanted Timber TreesRented to othersTemporary Mixed crops0.91.64.86.49.48.9Permanent - AnnualMix, 1,529, 1%14.314.217.6Permanent, 101,448,27%21.1Annual, 80,031, 21%2.4 Analysis of the Most Important CropsThe results on crop production are presented in threedifferent sections. The first section compares theimportance of each crop regardless of whether theyare annual or permanent. The second and thirdsection contains a more detailed analysis on Annualand Permanent crops respectively.The most important crop in large scale farms, interms of planted area, is Sisal with a planted area 1.2times greater than maize which has the secondhighest planted area. This is followed by sugar cane,coffee, tea, beans and cashew nuts (Chart 2.14).Planted A rea ( ha)Chart 2.17: 14:40,00030,00020,00010,0000SisalMaizePlanted Area (Ha) of the Main Annual CropsSu gar can eCo ffee T eaBean sCashew nu tPaddyCropCoconutPalm oilMangoeCottonO rangesBan anasSorg hu mGrou nd nu tsIrish PotatoesPigeon peasCocoaTanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003