Land use |
Country |
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Angola |
Botswana |
Lesotho |
Malawi |
Mozambique |
Namibia |
South Africa |
Swaziland |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
Total |
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thousand hectares |
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Total land area |
124 670 |
56 673 |
3 035 |
9 408 |
78 409 |
82 329 |
122 104 |
1 720 |
74 339 |
38 685 |
591 372 |
|
Area very suitable to marginally suitable for: |
|
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|
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Maize |
48 550 |
2 850 |
14 |
5 501 |
44 509 |
4 808 |
4 576 |
101 |
48 888 |
11 557 |
171 354 |
Sorghum |
44 780 |
2 093 |
5 |
5 341 |
42 169 |
3 029 |
3 054 |
116 |
48 436 |
8 422 |
157 445 |
|
Pulses |
55 207 |
2 044 |
14 |
5 528 |
48 783 |
3 728 |
3 973 |
92 |
48 170 |
10 899 |
178 438 |
|
Root crops |
40 611 |
309 |
49 |
4 474 |
36 648 |
296 |
2 521 |
56 |
35 701 |
1 183 |
121 848 |
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Area very suitable to marginally suitable for: |
percent of total area |
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|
Maize |
39 |
5 |
0 |
58 |
57 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
66 |
30 |
29 |
Sorghum |
36 |
4 |
0 |
57 |
54 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
65 |
22 |
27 |
|
Pulses |
44 |
4 |
0 |
59 |
62 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
65 |
28 |
30 |
|
Root crops |
33 |
1 |
2 |
48 |
47 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
48 |
3 |
21 |
Source: FOASTAT