Tanzania: distribution of harvested area for cereals

Compared to other cereals, maize covered the largest harvested area in Tanzania for the 2016/2017 crop season. The grain accounted for 71.5 percent of the total harvested area, with 4.9 million hectares harvested in Tanzania Mainland, and 4.9 thousand hectares in Zanzibar, the semi-autonomous region in Tanzania. After maize, rice occupied the second largest harvested area, approximately one million hectares (14.5 percent of total).

Distribution of harvested area for cereals in Tanzania for the season 2016/2017

Characteristic	Share of harvested area
Maize	71.5%
Rice	14.5%
Sorghum	10.3%
Bulrush millet	3%
Finger millet	0.4%
Wheat	0.3%

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

Tanzania

Survey time period

October to November 2017

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The survey covered 30 regions in Tanzania out of which 25 regions are from Tanzania Mainland, and five regions are from Zanzibar. The source does not specify the number of respondents.

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