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Table 5.69 – General information for the average EPA by region<br />

Region<br />

South Center North Total<br />

Average number of villages per EPA 122 214 100 160<br />

Average number of farming households per EPA 22,865 17,320 15,215 18,736<br />

Average number of residents per EPA 102,874 76,878 81,406 86,894<br />

Average total area (in hectares) per EPA 49,857 49,851 51,077 49,965<br />

Average total arable area (in hectares) 18,748 30,957 26,981 25,624<br />

Average population density (person/ha) 2.06 1.54 1.59 1.74<br />

Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey, 1998.<br />

Table 5.70 – Average volume of production per EPA in the 1997/98 cropping period (in tons)<br />

Region<br />

Crop: South Center North Total<br />

Maize 16,652 12,398 4,007 12,297<br />

Irish Potato 0 1,881 1,587 1,797<br />

Sweet potato 23,126 6,296 3,085 11,371<br />

Cassava 12,303 4,053 18,488 9,209<br />

Rice 1,670 2,644 4,310 2,325<br />

Beans/pulse 2,719 789 660 1,282<br />

Sorghum 1,441 69 360 877<br />

Groundnuts 442 1,014 328 728<br />

Vegetables 12,145 3,766 250 7,516<br />

Fruits & Nuts 96,436 544 150 48,424<br />

Tobacco 550 1,204 459 881<br />

Cotton 668 169 0 383<br />

Sugar 0 0 210 105<br />

Tea 0 0 0 0<br />

Coffee 0 300 0 300<br />

Chile/paprika 316 103 18 105<br />

Sunflower 0 107 88 102<br />

Soybeans 17 488 204 389<br />

Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey, 1998.<br />

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