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CENSUS RESULTS24- BeansThe number of large scale farms growing beans in Tanzania during the long rainy season was 210 and 68 large scale farmsin the short rainy season. This represents 12.8 percent of the total crop growing farms in the long rainy season and 12.4percent in the short rainy season.The total production of beans during the census year was 8,724 tonnes. Time series data on beans shows an increase inproduction by 17.2 percent from 7,443 tonnes in 1994/95 to 8,724 tonnes in 2002/03 (chart 2.45). However, the remainedmore or less constant at 1.1 tonnes per hectare in 1994/95 to 1.0 tonnes per hectare in 2002/03 (Chart 2.46). The increasein production of beans was due to an increase in the planted area and not due to an increase in productivity.Quantity Produced (Tonnes)9,0008,5008,0007,5007,0006,500Chart 2.45: Time Series of Beans Production1994/95 2002/03Agriculture YearArea (Ha)Chart 2.46: Time Series of Beans Planted Area and Yield10,0009,0008,0007,0006,0005,0004,0003,0002,0001,00001994/95 2002/03Agriculture YearArea (Ha)Yield (T/Ha)1.11.11.11.01.01.01.01.00.90.9Yield (T/Ha)Regions in the northern part of the country havea larger area planted with beans than in otherparts of the country. Arusha region has thelargest planted area of beans (3,940 ha, 43.6%)followed by Manyara (3,221 ha, 35.6%) andKilimanjaro (1,207 ha, 13.4%). Tanga, Tabora,Mbeya, Mara, Kigoma, Mwanza and Iringa havea comparatively small area planted with beans.The highest proportion of land with beans is alsofound in Arusha followed by Manyara andTabora. No large scale farms grow beans inCoast, Dar es Salaam, Lindi, Mtwara andShinyanga regions(Chart 2.47).Percent of Total AreaPlanted50.040.030.020.010.00.0ArushaManyaraKilimanjaroChart 2.47: Percent of Beans Area planted of Total Land with Beansby RegionTangaTaboraMbeyaMaraKigomaMwanzaIringaRuvumaRegionsPercent of Land PlantedSingidaRukwaDodomaMorogoroKageraCoastDar es SalaamLindiMtwaraShinyangaProportion of Total LandChart 2.48: Area Planted per Beans Growing Farms by Region (Rainy SeasonOnly)70.067.77.006.005.004.003.002.001.000.00Percent Area of TotalLand Area60.056.5Arusha and Manyara have the largest area ofland planted with beans per farm. They werefollowed by Tabora and Kilimanjaro with amoderately large area per holding while Singida,Ruvuma and Morogoro have the smallest areaplanted with beans per farm (Chart 2.48).Area per Farm50.040.030.020.010.00.0ArushaManyara34.331.614.010.0TaboraKilimanjaroTangaDodomaRukwa8.06.86.24.54.24.02.42.2RegionMbeyaIringaMaraKigomaMorogoroRuvumaSingidaCoastDar es Sa...LindiMtwaraShinyangaKageraMwanzaTanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003