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CENSUS RESULTS422.12 Crop MarketingThe numbers of farms that reported selling crops was160140867 which represent 89.4% of the total number of120crop growing farms. Manyara <strong>and</strong> Arusha had the100largest number of farms selling crops followed by8060Tanga, Kilimanjaro <strong>and</strong> Morogoro while Kagera,40Rukwa <strong>and</strong> Lindi had the lowest number of large200scale farms selling crops. However the percentage offarms selling crops was highest in Manyara (91%),RegionTabora (88%), Ruvuma (87%) <strong>and</strong> Mbeya (85%).Dar es Salaam, Pwani <strong>and</strong> Lindi had the smallestpercentage of farms selling crops (29%, 30% <strong>and</strong> 33% respectively), (Chart 2.101).Number of <strong>Farm</strong>sManyaraArushaTangaChart 2.101: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Selling Crops by RegionKilimanjaroMorogoroMwanzaIringaRuvuma<strong>Farm</strong>s Selling CropsMbeyaMtwaraKigomaCoastDar es SalaamSingidaShinyangaTaboraDodomaMaraKageraRukwaLindiPercent of <strong>Farm</strong>s Selling Crops1009080706050403020100Percentage Selling Crops2.12.1 Main marketing problemsLow prices were the main marketing problem(reported by 54 percent of the farms). This wasfollowed by transport cost being too high <strong>and</strong> lack ofmarket information. Long distance from farms tomarket places was another problem. Other marketingproblems are minor <strong>and</strong> represent less than 10percent of the total reported problems.Chart 2.102: Percent of <strong>Farm</strong>s <strong>Report</strong>ing Marketing Problems by Type ofProblemNo buyer, 42, 3%Open market pricetoo low, 813, 54%Governmentregulations ., 14,1%No transport, 36,2%Lack of marketInformation, 187,13%Transport cost toohigh, 229, 15%GovernmentRegulatory boardproblems, 56, 4%Trade Unionproblems, 1, 0%Market too far, 91,6%<strong>Farm</strong>er associationproblems, 10, 1%CooperativeProblems, 9, 1%2.13 Agro-processingOn farm agro-processing is done either to processcrop into a consumable form or to increase the value of the harvested crop. In large scale farms the second is the majorpurpose of processing the crop. Out of the total number of farms, 44 percent are processing crops (Chart 2.103).The number of farms processing crops was 545. The percent of farms processing crops is very high in some regions. Thehighest crop processing was found in Rukwa (82%), Ruvuma (78%), Mwanza (66%) <strong>and</strong> Kigoma (65%). However, in 11less than 55 percent of the farms processed crops <strong>and</strong> the lowest percent was found in Kagera <strong>and</strong> Dar es Salaam (Chart2.104).<strong>Farm</strong>s NOTprocessingcrops, 677,56%Chart 2.103: <strong>Farm</strong>s Processing Crops2.13.1 The by-products obtained<strong>Farm</strong>sprocessingcrops, 535,44%Other, 241, 48%Chart 2.105: Chart Number 2.104: of Percentage <strong>Farm</strong>s by of Type <strong>Farm</strong>s of Processing By-products Crops by Region90Bran, 189, 38%8070605040302010Juice, 9,02%Cake, 40, 8%Husk, 22, 4%Percentage of <strong>Farm</strong>sProcessingRukwaRuvumaMwanzaKigomaMbeyaManyaraMtwaraKilima...TangaTaboraBran Cake Husk Juice OtherMaraDodomaMorogoroRegionSingidaIringaShinyangaLindiArushaKageraDar es ...CoastTanzania <strong>Agriculture</strong> Sample Census – 2003

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