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

Table 5.27 – Percent of households owning agricultural assets by farm size category
Farm size quintiles
Agricultural assets Smallest 2 nd 3 rd 4 th Largest
Cart 0 1 3 5 7
Hoe 97 100 100 100 100
Sickle 57 62 71 78 81
Panga Knife 56 64 62 68 83
Axe 50 63 61 79 91
Hovel 6 9 9 12 16
Plough 0 1 2 4 5
Water & tin cans 22 42 40 45 54
Sprayer 1 6 12 18 24
Cattle/Ox 3 4 9 14 15
Pigs 15 31 35 48 49
Goets/Sheep 51 66 57 78 81
Poultry 6 6 4 4 3
Donkeys 1 11 8 15 30
Other animals 0 0 0 1 0
Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi Smallholder Farmer Survey, 1998.
Table 5.28 – Cropping patterns, production and yields
Crop
Percent of
households
growing this
crop
Percent of
farm area
Average area
allocated to
crop for
households
that grow the
Average
quantity
harvested for
households
that grow the
crop in kgs
Average yield
for
households
that grow the
crop in kg/ha
crop in ha
Maize 99 67 0.85 766 943
Groundnuts 47 16 0.43 245 900
Beans 33 18 0.63 108 222
Tobacco 22 6 0.45 276 830
Cassava 21 12 0.56 322 686
Sweet Potato 18 3 0.25 326 2,914
Vegetables 13 2 0.29 206 1,421
Soybeans 10 2 0.41 126 427
Sorghum/millet 8 4 0.51 148 379
Rice 7 2 0.33 413 2,068
Cotton 5 2 0.52 296 631
Other crops 0.1 - 4
Other crops include: Irish potato, sugar, coffee, chillies, fruit & nut trees, and sunflower
Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi Smallholder Farmer Survey, 1998.
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