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TABLE A1.6: Cultivation potential for rainfed crops - high input level


Land use

Country

Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Total


thousand hectares

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:













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

Area very suitable to marginally suitable for:

percent of total area


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


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