Large Scale Farm Report - Ministry Of Agriculture, Food and ...

CENSUS RESULTS2.15 Agricultural Implements and MachineryA total of 13,191 agricultural implements and machineryare used on large scale farms. Out of these 9,285 (70.4%)were owned and working in the fields; 2,762 (20.9%)were owned and not working but repairable while 1,144(8.7%) were rented to others. Potato/root crop harvestersand grain harvesters had the highest percent out of orderbut repairableFor the remaining types of equipment over 60 percent arein working order.(Chart 2.120 and Table 2.9).Chart 2.120: Percentage of Farm Implements by Category of FarmImplementsWorking FarmImplements, 9,285,70%FarmImplementsRentedto Others, 1,144,9%Repairable FarmImplements, 2,762,21%Working Farm Implements Repairable Farm Implements Farm ImplementsRented to Others47Specialist machines like cotton harvesters andtransplanters have the highest percent in workingorder.Table 2.9: Number of Farm Implements and Machineries 2002/03Type of ImplementNumberWorking%NumberRepairable%NumberRented%TotalNumber Total %The most common machine rented by large scalefarmers are harvesters followed by trucks and largetractors.The most common implement owned is a trailer(1,545, 11.7%) followed by small tractors (1,328,10.1%), disc plough (1,213, 9.2%), large tractors(1,185, 9.0%) and lorries/trucks (1,156, 8.8%).The implements that are in small numbers includepotatoes / root crop harvesters and cottonharvesters, non precision seed drills, forageharvesters, tractor mist blowers and precision seeddrills.The results show that there were few harvestersin large scale farms except grain harvesters(Chart 2.121).Manyara had the highest number of farmimplements (1,809 implements) representing13.7 percent of the total farm implements onlarge scale farms. This was followed by Arusha(1,674, 12.7%), Tanga (1,273, 9.7%),Kilimanjaro (1,071, 8.1%), Iringa (994, 7.5%),and Morogoro (893, 6.8%). The smallestnumbers of farm implements were found in Dares Salaam, Kagera and Lindi (Chart 2.122).Type of ImplementsSmall Tractor(100 bhp) 751 63.4 342 28.9 92 7.8 1,185 100.0Grain/Maize/Rice Harvester 83 58.5 47 33.1 12 8.5 142 100.0Cotton Harvester 4 80.0 1 20.0 0 0.0 5 100.0Forage Harvester Machines 53 77.9 14 20.6 1 1.5 68 100.0Potatoes/Root Crop Harvester 5 55.6 4 44.4 0 0.0 9 100.0Other Harvesters 47 74.6 8 12.7 8 12.7 63 100.0Tractor Harrow 546 74.3 154 21.0 35 4.8 735 100.0Tractor Sprayer 194 74.6 62 23.8 4 1.5 260 100.0Tractor Mist Blower 81 77.9 20 19.2 3 2.9 104 100.0Disc Plough 874 72.1 257 21.2 82 6.8 1,213 100.0Mouldboard Plough 310 75.4 81 19.7 20 4.9 411 100.0Disc Harrow 488 73.4 142 21.4 35 5.3 665 100.0Ripper/Sub-soiler 149 78.8 36 19.0 4 2.1 189 100.0Rotary Cultivator 103 77.4 30 22.6 0 0.0 133 100.0Non-precision Seed Drill 82 78.1 22 21.0 1 1.0 105 100.0Precision Seed Drill 102 72.3 33 23.4 6 4.3 141 100.0Transplanter 180 84.1 30 14.0 4 1.9 214 100.0Bailer 103 77.4 27 20.3 3 2.3 133 100.0Lorries/Trucks 822 71.1 236 20.4 98 8.5 1,156 100.0Trailer 1,198 77.5 280 18.1 67 4.3 1,545 100.0Others 2,186 64.5 610 18.0 591 17.4 3,387 100.0Total 9,285 70.4 2,762 20.9 1,144 8.7 13,191 100.0TrailerSmall Tractor(100 bhp)Lorries/TrucksTractor HarrowDisc HarrowMouldboard PloughTractor SprayerTransplanterRipper/Sub-soilerGrain/Maize/Rice HarvesterPrecision Seed DrillBailerRotary CultivatorCotton HarvesterNumber of Implements0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000Implements Working Implements Repairable Implements RentedTanzania Agriculture Sample Census – 2003