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CENSUS RESULTS21census year was 969 tonnes. Production has increased by 85 percent from 525 tonnes in 1994/95 to 969 tonnes in 2002/03.The yield increased from 0.8 tonnes per hectare in 1994/95 to 1.7 tonnes per hectare in 2002/03 (Chart 2.37). Althoughthere has been a decline in the planted area of sorghum the increase in productivity has resulted in this large increase inyield.Area (Ha)8007006005004003002001000Chart 2.37: Time Series of Sorghum Planted Area and Yeld1994/95 2002/03Agriculture YearPlanted Area (Ha)Yield (T/Ha)1.81.61.41.210.80.60.40.20Yield (T/Ha)Percent of TotalArea Planted25.020.015.010.05.00.0M orogoroShinyangaM anyaraTabo raChart 2.38: Percent of Sorghum Area Planted of Total Land withSorghum by RegionMwanzaSingidaCo astM araKilimanjaroM twaraKigomaPercent of Land PlantedIringaMbeyaLindiDodom aArushaTang aDar es SalaamRegionsProportion of Total LandRuvu maRukwaKagera3.002.502.001.501.000.500.00Percent Area ofTotal Land AreaMorogoro has the largest area planted with sorghum covering 126 hectares (20.7%) followed by Shinyanga with 115hectares (18.9%), Manyara with 102 hectares (16.7%) and Tabora with 90 hectares (14.8%). The smallest area planted withbarley was found in Lindi (0.3%), Mbeya (0.5%) and Iringa (0.8%). However the highest proportion of land with sorghumin the country is found in Shinyanga, Tabora and Singida. No large scale farms planted sorghum in Dodoma, Arusha,Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Rukwa, Ruvuma andChart 2.39: Area Planted per Sorghum Growing Farm by RegionKagera (Chart 2.38).(Long Rainy Season Only)60.0The area planted per sorghum growing farm isgreater in Manyara (51 hectares per farm). Theregions with comparatively moderate plantedarea per holding are Coast, Shinyanga, Tabora,Singida and Morogoro. Other regions plantedbelow 10 hectares per farm while theremaining had no farms planted sorghum(Chart 2.39).Areap er Farm50.040.030.020.010.00.0M anyaraCoastSh iny ang aTaboraSingidaM orogoro M araIrin gaM beyaM twaraLindi- Other CerealsIn large scale farms other cereals are produced in very small quantities. Finger millet was produced in two large scalefarms in Kilimanjaro with 1 farm (1 hectare) and Mwanza with 1 farm (1 hectare) all planted during short rainy seasonrepresenting 1.2 percent of the total area planted with annuals during the period. Only six tonnes of finger millet wereproduced. Bulrush millet was produced by 2 farms found in Morogoro during long rainy season. Four hectares wereplanted producing 10 tonnes of bulrush millet.M wanzaRegionsKigom aDodomaArushaKilim anjaroTangaDar es SalaamRuvumaRukwaKagera2.5.5 Root and tuber crop productionIn large scale farms, the total production of roots and tubers was 1,969 tonnes (In small scale farming the total productionwas 2,470,665 tonnes). Irish potato production was higher than any other root and tuber crop with a total production ofTanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003