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CENSUS RESULTS53- Improved Cattle Population:60,000Chart 2.135: Improved Cattle Population Trend58,3512Chart 2.136: Improved Cattle Population Growth Rate0.7Cattle Number50,00040,00030,00020,00010,00024,645compuser25,98134,773Growth Rate % Change / Year0-2-4-6101994/95 2002/03Improved Dairy Improved BeefYear-8Improved DairyImproved Beef-6.3Growth Period (1995 to 2003)The number of improved cattle in large scale farms was 60,754 which is 55 percent of the total cattle population found onlarge scale farms. There are more improved beef cattle (34,773, 57%) than dairy cattle (25,981, 43%). The largest numberof beef cattle are found in Kagera (50.8%) followed by Coast (8.9%). The smallest number are found in Kigoma (2%). Noimproved beef cattle are found in Mtwara, Singida <strong>and</strong> Mara. The largest number of improved dairy cattle are found inIringa (19.6%) followed by Kilimanjaro <strong>and</strong> Tanga (8.7% each).The growth rate for improved dairy cattle for the period 1994/94 to 2002/03 was 0.7 percent per year. However, thegrowth rate for improved beef cattle declined sharply from 58,351 in 1994/95 to 34,773 in 2002/03 ( -6.3% growth rate peryear) (Chart 2.136).3.1.2 Goat Population- <strong>Large</strong> scale goat populationThe total number of goats was 22,624 comprising20,695 (91.5%) indigenous goats, 758 (3.4%)improved meat goats <strong>and</strong> 1,280 (5.7%) improvedmilk goats. They were kept by 411 large scale farms82.3 percent of livestock farms. Out of these,Morogoro <strong>and</strong> Mwanza regions had about 11percent of the large scale farms keeping goats each,followed by Manyara Region with 10% of farmskeeping goats. Kagera <strong>and</strong> Lindi regions had only0.2% each (2.137).Table 2.16: Number of <strong>Farm</strong>s Rearing Goats By SizeHerd SizeNumber ofNumberAverage Per% of <strong>Farm</strong>s%of Goats<strong>Farm</strong>sof Goats<strong>Farm</strong>< 20 131 32 1,543 7 1220 - 40 112 27 3,279 14 2941 - 60 57 14 2,812 12 4961 - 80 39 9 2,693 12 6981 - 100 19 5 1,759 8 93100+ 53 13 10,540 47 199Total 411 100 22,626 100 55Number4,0003,0002,0001,0000RegionChart 2.137: Goat Population by RegionCoastMorogoroManyaraIringaKilimanjaroTangaArushaMwanzaDar es SalaamRuvumaMbeyaMtwaraMaraTaboraKigomaSingidaDodomaShinyangaRukwaLindiKageraNumber of Goats160140120100806040200Head per <strong>Farm</strong>Goat s /<strong>Farm</strong>Tanzania <strong>Agriculture</strong> Sample Census – 2003

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