Impact Of Agricultural Market Reforms On Smallholder Farmers In ...

Table 4.1.108-Area allocation by crop and farm size category
Farm size category (quintile)
Smallest 2 3 4 Largest
Maize 42% 52% 44% 40% 30%
Sorghum/millet 4% 5% 5% 7% 6%
Rice . 0% 0% 1% 1%
Cowpeas 11% 8% 6% 6% 8%
Groundnuts 5% 4% 4% 6% 6%
Manioc 13% 11% 11% 9% 9%
Yams 4% 3% 2% 3% 2%
Sweet potatoes 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Tomatoes 2% 2% 3% 2% 1%
Okra 0% 1% 1% 2% 1%
Hot pepper 4% 1% 1% 1% 2%
Other vegetables 4% 0% 1% 1% 1%
Cotton 5% 9% 13% 17% 23%
Other crops 4% 3% 6% 7% 9%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Area (ha) .65 1.99 3.11 5.20 10.36
Source: IFPRI-LARES Small Farmer Survey.
Note: Intercropped area divided equally among crops.
Table 4.1.109-Summary of marketing patterns by crop
Share of Share of Share of Value of Value of Sales as
households growers households production sales percentage of
growing (%) selling (%) selling (%) (1000 F/farm) (1000 F/farm) production
Maize 89% 66% 58% 237 109 46%
Sorghum/millet 36% 34% 13% 37 4 11%
Rice 7% 69% 5% 4 1 43%
Cowpeas 48% 66% 32% 33 17 53%
Groundnuts 27% 95% 26% 31 23 74%
Manioc 35% 76% 27% 154 129 84%
Yams 34% 54% 18% 97 10 11%
Sweet potatoes 5% 67% 3% 2 1 71%
Tomatoes 19% 97% 19% 26 23 91%
Okra 17% 69% 12% 4 2 69%
Hot pepper 14% 93% 13% 10 8 85%
Other vegetables 14% 88% 12% 21 20 95%
Cotton 34% 100% 34% 192 192 100%
Other crops 20% 75% 15% 27 23 85%
Total . . . 880 570 65%
Source: IFPRI/LARES Small Farmer Survey.
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