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Table 5.71 – Average yields per crop<br />

Crop<br />

Yield per hectare (ton/ha)<br />

Maize 2,249<br />

Irish Potato 5,369<br />

Sweet Potato 12,528<br />

Cassava 7,064<br />

Rice 1,650<br />

Bean/pulse 741<br />

Sorghum 921<br />

Groundnuts 998<br />

Vegetables 18,377<br />

Fruits & Nuts 11,837<br />

Tobacco 1,724<br />

Cotton 545<br />

Sugar 100<br />

Tea 0<br />

Coffee 15<br />

Chilli/paprika 472<br />

Sunflower 350<br />

Soya Beans 630<br />

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

Table 5.72 – Average length of road network by region (in kms)<br />

Region<br />

South Center North Total<br />

Average length of paved roads per EPA 26 36 26 32<br />

Average length of gravel roads per EPA 35 66 35 56<br />

Average length of dirt roads per EPA 95 137 84 113<br />

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

Table 5.73 – Changes in road infrastructure since 1995<br />

Region<br />

South Center North Total<br />

Percentage of EPAs reporting on changes in road length:<br />

New Roads 25 11 25 18<br />

No change 58 78 62 68<br />

Some roads have become unusable 17 11 12 13<br />

Percentage of EPAs reporting on changes in road quality:<br />

Improved 18 50 37 38<br />

No change 27 17 25 22<br />

Worse 54 33 37 40<br />

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

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