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CENSUS RESULTS221,436 tonnes representing 72.9 percent of the total root and tuber crop production. This is followed by sweet potatoes with97 tonnes (4.9%), cassava with 61 tonnes (3.1%) and cocoyam with 55 tonnes (2.8%).The area planted with Irish potatoes is much greater than other root and tuber crops (253 ha, 51.4% of the roots and tuberplanted area). This is followed by cocoyam with 86 hectares (17.5%) and cassava with 38 hectares (7.7%). Sweet potatoesare grown in minor quantities. The yield was high in Sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes with 6.1 tonnes per hectare and 5.7tonnes per hectare respectively (Chart 2.40).300Chart 2.40: Area Planted and Yield of Major Root and Tuber Crops7.0Table 2.4: Area Planted and Quantity Harvested in Large Scale Farms bySeason and Type of Root and Tuber CropsArea Planted (H a)250200150100500Irish Potatoes Onion Cocoyam Cassava Sweet PotatoesCropsArea PlantedYield (T/Ha)6.05.04.03.02.01.00.0Yield ( T/H a)CropRainy SeasonAreaPlanted(Ha)AreaHarvested(Ha)QuantityHarvested(T)Yield(T/Ha)Irish Potatoes Short Rain Season 111 111 700 6.3Long Rainy Season 142 140 736 5.3Sweet Potatoes Short Rain Season 8 8 57 7.1Long Rainy Season 8 8 40 5.0Cassava Short Rain Season 26 26 11 0.4Long Rainy Season 12 12 50 4.2Cocoyam Short Rain Season 78 78 8 0.1Long Rainy Season 8 8 47 5.9Onion Short Rain Season 37 37 189 5.1Long Rainy Season 62 59 131 2.2TotalShort Rain Season 223 223 965Long Rainy Season 170 168 1,004Grand Total 393 391 1,969- Irish potatoesNineteen large scale farms grow Irish potatoes Chart 2.41: Time Series of Irish Potatoesduring the long rainy season and 12 in the short 300Planted Area and Yield6.36.2rainy season. This represents 1.2 percent of the 2506.1total crop growing farms during the long rainyseason and 2.2 percent in the short rainy season.The total production of Irish potatoes was 1,436tonnes. Production has increased by 154 percentfrom 566 tonnes harvested in 1994/95 to 1,43620015010050065.95.85.75.65.55.4tonnes harvested in 2002/03. However the yield1994/95 2002/03Agriculture Yeardropped from 6.2 tonnes per hectare in 1994/95 to5.7 tonnes per hectare in 2002/03 (Chart 2.41)Area (Ha) Yield (T/Ha)which indicates that the increase in production was due to an increase in the planted area and not due to an increase inproductivity.Kilimanjaro has the largest area planted with Irishpotatoes covering 185 hectares (73%) followed byIringa with 51 hectares (20%). Another fiveregions had small areas: Tanga with 5 hectares(2%), Tabora with 5 hectares (2%), Kagera with 4hectares (2%), Dar es Salaam with 2 hectares (1%)and Manyara with only 1 hectare. The highestproportion of land with Irish potatoes in thecountry is also found in Kilimanjaro followed byKagera (Chart 2.42).Tanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003Area (Ha)Percent of Tota AreaPlanted806040200KilimanjaroIringaTangaChart 2.42: Percent of Irish Potatoes Area Planted of Total Land withIrish Potatoes by RegionTaboraKageraDar es SalaamManyaraPercent of Land PlantedDodomaArushaMorogoroCoastLindiMtwaraRuvumaMbeyaSingidaRukwaKigomaShinyangaMwanzaProportion of Total Land0.2500.2000.1500.1000.0500.000Yield (T/Ha)MaraRegionsPercent Area of TotalLand Area