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CENSUS RESULTS30Tabora and Arusha have a very small plantedarea (102 ha, 0.6% and 100 ha, 0.6%respectively). Tanga has the largest averagearea planted with sugar cane per farm thanother regions followed by Arusha, Iringa andKilimanjaro, (Chart 2.64).2.6.3 Coffee0.0The total production of coffee by large scalefarmers was 19,084 tonnes which represents23.8 percent of the total coffee produced in thecountry. The total production of coffee in thecountry (Smallholders and large scale farms) is 80,084 tonnes.% of Total Area Planted45.040.035.030.025.020.015.010.05.0Chart 2.64: Percent of Area Planted with Sugar cane and Average Planted Area per Farm by Region100,000.039.036.1MorogoroKilimanjaroManyara23.60.60.60.00.00.00.0TaboraArushaMwanzaTanga0.00.0SingidaIringaShinyangaDar es SalaamPercent of Total Area Planted0.00.00.00.00.0RukwaRegionAverage Planted Area per Farm0.00.00.00.00.0Dodom aCoastLindiMtwaraRuvumaMbeyaKigomaKageraMara90,000.080,000.070,000.060,000.050,000.040,000.030,000.020,000.010,000.00.0Average Planted Area per FarmCoffee is grown on 164 large scale farms which represent 18.8 percent of the total farms growing major permanent crops.It is the third most important permanent crops in terms of planted area with permanent crops (11.6%). The production ofcoffee has increased from 2,105 tonnes in 1994/95 to 19,084 tonnes 2002/03. In the same period the yield increased from0.3 to 1.5 tonnes per hectare.Coffee is mainly produced in 3 regions. Arushahas the largest area planted with coffee (4,036ha, (34.6%). This is followed by Iringa (3,490ha, 29.9%) and Kilimanjaro (3,410 ha, 29.2%).The remaining 5.4 percent is grown in Mbeya(3.4%), Ruvuma (1.1%) and Manyara (0.9%). Avery small amount is grown in Kigoma, Tanga,Kagera, Morogoro, Mara and Rukwa, (Chart2.65).% of Total Area Planted40.035.030.025.020.015.010.05.00.034.6Chart 2.65: Percent of Area Planted with Coffee and Average Planted Area per Farm by Region29.929.2ArushaIringaKilimanjaro3.41.10.90.50.3MbeyaRuvumaManyaraKigoma0.10.00.00.0TangaKageraMorogoroMaraPercent of Total Area Planted0.00.00.0Dar es Salaam 0.0LindiMtwaraSingidaTaboraRegionRukwaDodomaCoastAverage Planted Area per Farm0.00.00.00.00.0ShinyangaMwanza250200150100500Average Planted Area per Farm2.6.4 TeaThe total production of tea was 33,978 tonnes grown on 34 farms which represents 3.9 percent of the total large scale cropgrowing farms and 9.4 percent in terms of area planted, it is the forth most important permanent crop grown on large scalefarms in Tanzania. The average area planted with tea per tea growing farms was 302.4 hectares per farm and the averageyield obtained was 3.3 tonnes per hectare from a harvested area of 10,282 hectares.Production has dropped by 32 percent from 50,242 in 1994/95 to 33,978 tonnes in 2002/03. The yield also dropped from4.2 tonnes per hectare in 1994/95 to 3.3 tonnes per hectare in 2002/03. Tanga has the largest area planted with tea (4,351ha, 42.3%), followed by Iringa (3,050 ha, 29.7%), Kagera (1,635 ha, 15.9%) and Mbeya (1,228 ha, 11.9%). Arusha has thesmallest area (18 ha, 0.2%).Tanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003