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TABLE A1.7: Major farming systems


Farming system

Country


Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Highland temperate mixed

Area (km2)

30 588


28 487


2 260


23 627



17 663

Population

1 554 228


1 603 416


155 412


921 664



791 536

Root crop

Area (km2)

439 502



456

169 164




127 865


Population

834 700




1 536 304




797 468


Cereal-root crop mixed

Area (km2)

481 678



18 074

260 854




182 998

723

Population

4 490 916



3 645 224

6 519 240




1 160 660

42 916

Maize mixed

Area (km2)


403


101 735

205 538

6 286

107 187

17 026

363 145

251 915

Population


2 676


6 861 672

2 595 956

57 724

8 499 804

1 102 220

7 046 560

8 564 408

Smallholder/large commercial

Area (km2)


27 583

2 217


22 050

199 250

972 689

959


1 714

Population


160 888

385 644


1 245 976

167 280

32 415 948

21 152


7 176

Agro-pastoral millet/sorghum

Area (km2)

145 241

80 075




148 812

405


69 913

115 821

Population

873 468

655 092




1 008 432

8 636


676 288

1 798 272

Pastoral

Area (km2)

58 297

320 278




283 003



515

2 473

Population

256 880

712 828




431 732



3 284

14 572

Source: FAO


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