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CENSUS RESULTS142.4.1 Area planted per holdingChart 2.15 shows the area planted per farm of themost important crops grown on large scale farms.Cash crops are grown in larger areas per farm thanannual food crops, e.g. Sisal, sugar cane, tea,cashew nut and coffee. For annual crops, maizehas a larger planted area per maize growing farmthan other staple food crops.2.5 Annual Crop ProductionArea Planted per Farm (Ha)10009008007006005004003002001000SisalSugar caneTeaChart 2.18: 15 Area Planted per Farm by CropCashew nutCoffeePalm oilCoconutCocoaMaizeBeansCropCottonPaddyPigeon peasMangoeOrangesSorghumIrish PotatoesBananasGroundnuts2.5.1 Cropping seasonsIn some areas of Tanzania there are two types of rainyseasons, the long rainy season (Masika) and the shortrainy season (Vuli). The long rainy season normallycovers the whole country while the short rainy season isnormally found in few regions (Dar es Salaam, Pwani,Morogoro, Tanga, Kilimanjaro, Kagera, Mwanza,Lo ng R a inyMara, Kigoma, Zanzibar and parts of Mbeya, Arusha Season PlantedAre a (Ha ), 73,304,and Shinyanga regions). During the long rainy season90%750 large scale farmers planted annual crops coveringan area of 73,304 hectares while during short rainyseason, 242 large scale farmers planted only 8,277(10%) hectares of annual crops (Chart 2.16).Chart 2.16: Area Planted with Annual Crops bySeason (Hectares)Long Rainy Season Planted Area (Ha)Short Rainy Season Planted Area (Ha)Short RainySeason PlantedArea (Ha), 8,262,10 %2.5.2 Area PlantedThe total planted area with annual crops onChart 2.17: Area Planted with Annual Crops by Season and Region35000100large scale farms was 81,566 hectares (both9030000long and short rainy seasons.802500070The area planted with annual crops in the shortrainy season was larger than the area plantedin the long rainy season in Mwanza, Kagera,20000150001000060504030Kigoma and Mara. In Tanga region the area20500010planted in the long rainy season was the same00as the area planted in the short rainy season.In other regions the planted area was greater inthe long rainy season compared to the shortrainy season. In regions with a short rainyseason the largest area planted with annualShort Rainy SeasonRegionLong Rainy Season Percentage Planted in Short Rainy Seasoncrops was in Kilimanjaro (2,597 ha), followed by Arusha (1,543 ha), Mwanza (1,532 ha) and Tanga (965 ha) (Chart 2.17).AreaPercentage Plantedin Sho rt R a inySeasonTanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003