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Annex 9. Data used for mesolevel nutrient balances from a 2003 FAO study of Ghana, Kenya and Mali


GHANA

TABLE A9.1
Production data for Nkawie District

Crops

Harvested area

Yield

Production

Residue removal

(ha)

(tonnes/ha)

(tonnes)

(%)

Cassava

11 838

11.6

137 317

40

Cocoa

48 493

0.22

10 652

50

Cocoyam

9 514

10.25

97 475

25

Fallow

14 600

0

0

0*

Maize

11 455

1.75

19 953

30

Plantain

11 725

8.2

96 106

10

Rice

1 462

1.54

2 245

15

Yam

1 175

11.6

12 992

25

* No removal factor, fallow assumed untouched.

TABLE A9.2
Production data for Wassa Amenfi District

Crop

Harvested area

Yield

Production

Residue removal

(ha)

(tonnes/ha)

(tonnes)

(%)

Cassava

7 700

10

70 000

30

Cocoa

240 961

0.22

53 045

50

Cocoyam

3 000

7

21 000

15

Fallow

7 300

0

0

0*

Maize

5 650

1.5

8 475

15

Oil-palm

900

12

10 800

10

Plantain

5 000

8

40 000

10

Rice

2 112

1.3

2 746

10

Vegetables

250

6

1 500

30

Yam

1 500

18

27 000

15

* No removal factor, fallow assumed untouched.

TABLE A9.3
Number of livestock, both districts

Animal

Nkawie

Wassa Amen.

Body weight (kg)

Cattle


156

175

Goat

2 114

2 623

16

Poultry

528 608

4 565

2

Sheep

3 176

11 480

16

TABLE A9.4
Nutrient content data

Product

N

P

K

Unit

Cocoa leaf litter

1.19

0.08

0.22

% of oven dry weight

Pod husk

1.14

0.13

3.32

% of oven dry husk

Cocoa bean

20.70

3.60

6.70

kg/tonne harvested product

Cocoa testa

2.02

0.32

1.70

kg/tonne harvested product

KENYA

TABLE A9.5
Production data for the tea-coffee-dairy zone of Embu District

Crop

Harvested area

Yield

Production

Residue removal

(ha)

(tonnes/ha)

(tonnes)

(%)

Arrow roots

260

3.4

894

20

Beans

2 748

0.5

1 240

97

Cassava

515

10.3

5 280

20

Coffee

8 813

1.5

12 800

15

Cowpeas

280

1.5

410

97

Fallow

1 800

0

18 000*

5

Maize

5 143

2.0

10 452

95

Napier

602

35.0

21 076

-

Potatoes

678

6.1

4 130

20

Sorghum

207

0.9

189

85

Sweet potatoes

140

9.6

1 341

95

Tea

1 092

8.8

9 600

15

* Estimate based on a ‘yield’ of 10 tonnes/ha and a removal factor of 5% (fuelwood and fodder).

TABLE A9.6
Number of livestock in the study area

Animal

Population

Body weight (kg)

Cattle, beef

3 258

300

Cattle, dairy

19 930

300

Chickens

14 261

2

Goats, dairy

227

16

Goats, meat

12 483

16

Sheep, hair

4 991

16

Sheep, wool

77

16

TABLE A9.7
Manure application data for the tea-coffee-dairy zone

Crop

Harvested area

Factor total manure

N

P

K

(ha)

(%)

(kg/ha)

(kg/ha)

(kg/ha)

Beans

2 748

2

0.9

0.2

0.8

Coffee

8 813

36

5.3

1.1

4.6

Fallow

1 800

4.5

3.2

0.6

2.8

Maize

5 143

51

12.8

2.6

11.1

Napier

602

5

10.7

2.2

9.3

Sorghum

1 197

1

6.2

1.3

5.4

Sweet potatoes

140

0.5

4.6

0.9

4.0

MALI

TABLE A9.8
Number of farms and cultivated area


1997

1998

1999

Average*

Number of farms

41 031

42 262

43 530

42 274

Cultivated area per farm (ha)

10.75

11.49

11.35

11.20

* Total cultivated area is 4 733 km2, which is 25.5 percent of the total area.
Source: CMDT/SE (1998-2000).

TABLE A9.9
Harvested areas

Crop

1997

1998

1999

Average

Total

ha

% farms

ha

% farms

ha

% farms

ha

% farms

ha

Cotton

3.94

90

4.33

89

3.4

85

3.9

88.0

3.42

Cowpea

0.49

28

0.57

22

0.54

25

0.5

25.0

0.13

Groundnut

0.55

57

0.49

56

0.62

59

0.6

57.3

0.32

Maize

1.17

93

1.59

96

1.56

92

1.4

93.7

1.35

Millet

3.13

73

2.63

69

3.74

85

3.2

75.7

2.40

Rice

0.6

12

1.19

20

0.68

16

0.8

16.0

0.13

Sorghum

3.08

95

3.63

96

3.02

94

3.2

95.0

3.08

Source: CMDT/SE (1998-2000).

TABLE A9.10
Yield in kg/ha

Crop

1997

1998

1999

Average

Cotton

948

961

985

965

Cowpea

547

292

524

454

Groundnut

582

503

607

564

Maize

1 746

1 743

1 678

1 722

Millet

759

885

932

859

Rice

1 439

1 424

827

1 230

Sorghum

974

882

1 107

988

Source: CMDT/SE (1998-2000).

TABLE A9.11
Fertilizer application data

Crops

Fertilizer *

1997

1998

1999

Average

% fields

(kg/ha)

% fields

(kg/ha)

% fields

(kg/ha)

% fields

(kg/ha)

Cotton

1

98

48

97

46

?

49

97.5

48

2

99

113

100

119

?

125

99.5

119

3

1

58

0

0

0

0

0.3

19

Maize

1

70

65

72

61

65

56

69

61

2

26

68

15

60

14

89

18

72

3

45

79

55

74

53

83

51

79

Millet

1

21

36

17

48

23

36

20

40

2

0

0

0

0

2

49

1

16

3

19

51

9

60

31

54

20

55

Rice

1

4

46

18

33

35

68

19

49

3

7

110

6

56

17

73

10

80

Sorghum

1

8

45

11

39

15

43

11

42

2

1

19

1

47

3

47

2

38

3

16

35

10

65

20

62

15

54

* 1 = urea, 2 = Cotton complex and 3 = Cereal complex
Source: CMDT/SE (1998-2000).

TABLE A9.12
Number of animals per farm and total

Animal

1997

1998

1999

Average

Total

Body weight (kg)

Asses

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

42 274


Cattle

12.1

13.8

12.3

12.7

538 289

200

Goats

4.6

5.8

4.3

4.9

207 143

20

Pigs

0.7

0.3

0.7

0.6

23 955


Poultry

21.6

23.3

21.0

22.0

928 619

1

Sheep

5.4

6.2

5.7

5.8

243 780

20

Source: CMDT/SE (1998-2000).

TABLE A9.13
Manure application data for Koutiala Region

Crop

1997

1998

1999

Average

(kg/ha)

(%)

(kg/ha)

(%)

(kg/ha)

(%)

(kg/ha)

(%)

Cotton

3 463

86.0

4 031

76.0

5 078

72.0

4 191

78.0

Maize

5 765

9.5

5 812

9.5

6 241

28.0

5 939

15.7

Millet

1 869

2.4

2 273

2.4

1 451

2.4

1 864

2.4

Rice

0

0

1 714

2

0

0

571

0.8

Sorghum

607

2.4

1 636

0.0

0

0.0

748

0.8

Source: SEP (1997-99).


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