TABLE A2.14: Sample food crop production summary/1

Country

Maize

Sorghum

Pulses

Millet

Roots and tubers

1990

2000

Change (percent)

1990

2000

Change (percent)

1990

2000

Change (percent)

1990

2000

Change (percent)

1990

2000

Change (percent)

Area harvested (thousand hectares)

Angola

756

687

-9

0

0

128

202

58

120

207

73

430

606

41

Botswana

43

62

44

148

90

-39

32

33

2

9

0

-100

1

2

36

Lesotho

126

162

29

32

45

43

18

22

20

0

6

3

5

78

Malawi

1 335

1 417

6

31

56

84

417

434

4

17

34

95

114

366

222

Mozambique

1 007

1 171

16

422

361

-14

290

421

45

20

88

338

954

953

0

Namibia

27

34

24

34

21

-39

7

7

3

152

255

67

25

30

20

South Africa

4 124

3 535

-14

197

110

-44

124

102

-18

22

21

-6

81

66

-18

Swaziland

90

58

-35

1

1

14

9

7

-17

0

0

5

4

-20

Zambia

808

595

-26

44

37

-16

25

31

24

51

76

50

108

171

59

Zimbabwe

1 143

1 362

19

136

167

23

72

67

-7

271

162

-40

27

42

60

All countries

9 459

9 082

-4

1 044

889

-15

1 123

1 326

18

662

848

28

1 747

2 245

28

Production (thousand metric tonnes)

Angola

228

417

83

0

0

35

77

121

64

118

84

1 815

4 596

153

Botswana

15

8

-49

41

12

-71

18

17

-7

2

1

-33

7

13

81

Lesotho

119

241

102

26

42

61

9

14

59

0

0

47

88

89

Malawi

1 481

2 190

48

18

38

113

233

226

-3

10

20

107

506

4 566

802

Mozambique

370

1 136

207

167

298

78

87

202

131

5

53

958

4 122

5 507

34

Namibia

35

26

-25

9

7

-21

8

8

5

55

63

16

212

253

19

South Africa

10 092

9 147

-9

385

303

-21

146

113

-23

15

12

-22

1 336

1 680

26

Swaziland

122

94

-23

1

1

-16

5

4

-12

0

0

9

8

-8

Zambia

1 345

879

-35

25

26

7

15

16

6

28

56

99

704

975

39

Zimbabwe

1 859

1 698

-9

80

97

22

50

51

2

136

46

-66

127

206

62

All countries

15 664

15 836

1

751

823

10

606

727

20

314

369

18

8 885

17 892

101

Yield (kg/hectare)

Angola

301

608

102

0

0

273

382

40

536

570

6

4 220

7 586

80

Botswana

355

127

- 64

280

132

-53

563

510

-9

177

0

-100

5 385

7 170

33

Lesotho

948

1 481

56

815

921

13

476

632

33

0

0

15 556

16 563

Malawi

1 109

1 546

39

590

683

16

559

520

-7

554

589

6

4 447

12 475

181

Mozambique

368

971

164

396

825

108

301

479

59

250

604

142

4 320

5 780

34

Namibia

1 281

776

- 39

262

339

29

1 097

1 121

2

359

248

-31

8 608

8 539

-1

South Africa

2 447

2 588

6

1 956

2 739

40

1 176

1 108

-6

682

565

-17

16 583

25 412

53

Swaziland

1 358

1 616

19

814

600

-26

550

584

6

0

0

1 673

1 921

Zambia

1 665

1 477

- 11

562

713

27

600

511

-15

557

740

33

6 516

5 689

-13

Zimbabwe

1 626

1 247

- 23

588

584

-1

694

763

10

501

286

-43

4 793

4 852

1

All countries

1 656

1 744

5

720

927

29

539

548

2

474

435

-8

5 084

7 968

57