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142 CHAPTER 10<br />

Table 10.1 Ug<strong>and</strong>an cooking banana production, by production system, 2000<br />

High productivity Medium productivity Low productivity<br />

Total<br />

Total<br />

Semicommercial<br />

Subsistence Total<br />

Semicommercial<br />

Subsistence Total<br />

Semicommercial<br />

Subsistence<br />

Production (million tons) 5.545 3.549 2.484 1.065 0.998 0.200 0.798 0.998 0.100 0.898<br />

Production share (percent) 100 64 45 19 18 4 14 18 2 16<br />

Yield (tons/ha) 12.31 21.91 25 17 10 18 9 5.29 11 5<br />

Area harvested (thous<strong>and</strong> ha) 451 162 99 63 100 11 89 189 9 180<br />

Area share (percent) 100 36 22 14 22 2 20 42 2 40<br />

Sources: Compiled by the authors from the Ug<strong>and</strong>a National Household Survey 1999/2000 (UBOS 2002) <strong>and</strong> Tushemereirwe et al. (2001).<br />

Notes: The Ug<strong>and</strong>a National Household Survey data on banana production categorizes bananas by use: cooking, beer, <strong>and</strong> sweet (dessert). This table reports the allocation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

cooking banana production data into the six system categories.

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