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EXCUTIVE SUMMARYviiifor agriculture per household was 3.06 hectares. Kongwa, Mpwapwa and Dodoma Urban hadhighest percent utilization (slightly above 90%); while in Kondoa percent utilization was lowest(79%). However, the average area utilized per household was highest in Kongwa (3.9 ha) followedby Kondoa (2.9 ha), Mpwapwa (2.8 ha), and Chamwino (2.4 ha). Bahi and Dodoma Urban had thesmallest area planted per household (1.8 and 2.0 ha respectively.Crops(i) CerealsCereals are the main crops grown in Dodoma region. The area planted with cereals was 528,424hectares which is equivalent to (71%) of the total planted area, this was followed Oil seeds and Oilnuts (189,083 ha, 25 %) and Pulses (24,865 ha, 3%). Root and tubers and Fruits and vegetablesoccupied small area (0.3% and 0.4% respectively).Cereal cropsMaize was the dominant cereal crop whereby, the total area planted with the crop was338,843 ha(64 percent of cereal planted area). This was followed by sorghum (96,147 ha, 18.2%), bulrushmillet (80,956 ha, 15.3%), and finger millet (9,660 ha, 1.8%). Paddy was not important and wasplanted in a very small area (2,818 ha, 0.5%). The total production of cereals was 475,671 tons ofwhich maize accounted for 74 % of the totalproduction followed by sorghum 14.45 percent, bulrush millet 10 percent, finger millet 1.3percentand the least was rice.MaizeThe number of households growing maize in Dodoma region was 260,043, representing 94 percentof agricultural households. More households grew maize in Kondoa (81,069 hh) followed byKongwa (45,098 hh), Mpwapwa (41,713 hh), Chamwino (39,478 hh), Dodoma Urban (31,244 hh)and Bahi (21,441 hh). On average, the area under maize per household was 1.3ha.SorghumSorghum is the second most important cereal crop in the region in terms of planted area. Thenumber of households that grew sorghum in Dodoma region during the wet season was 115,836.This represents 16 percent of the total crop growing households in Dodoma region in the wetseason. The total production of sorghum was 68,739 tons from a planted area of 96,147 hectaresresulting in a yield of 0.71 t/ha. The district with the largest planted area of sorghum was MpwapwaDodoma Region Agriculture Sample Census – 2007/08

EXCUTIVE SUMMARYix(31,390 ha) followed by Chamwino (19,539 ha), Kongwa (17,503 ha), Bahi (13,331 ha) Kondoa(7,616 ha) and Dodoma Urban (6,769 ha).Bulrush milletBulrush millet is the third most important cereal crop in the region in terms of planted area. Thenumber of households that grew bulrush millet was 106,450 and the yield was 47,738 tons fromplanted area of 80,956 ha. On average the yield of bulrush millet was 0.6 tons/hectare and the areaplanted per household was 0.8 ha. The trend show an increase of area planted with bulrush milletfrom 78,496 ha to 80,956 ha between 2003 and 2008 census periods.(ii)Roots and Tuber Crops ProductionThere were 8757 household growing roots and tubers in the region. The total production of rootsand tubers was 4,974 from planted area of 2,049 ha. Largest area was under cassava (3,694 ha,80%). This was followed by sweet potatoes (876 ha, 19%), and yams (26 ha, 1%). Yams gavehighest yield per acre despite the small planted area.Sweet PotatoesSweet potatoes were the second most important tuber crop grown in Dodoma region. There were2,255 households growing sweet potatoes in the region cultivating a total of 876 ha. This represents33 percent of the total area under roots and tubers. Total production of sweet potatoes was 918 tonsand the average production per hectare was 1.1 tons. Mpwapwa district had the largest planted areaof sweet potatoes (288 ha, 33% of sweet potatoes planted area). This was followed by Chamwino(250 ha, 29%) and Kondoa (228 ha, 26%).PulsesThe total area planted with pulses was 59,847 hectares, of which 9,698 ha (39%) were planted withbeans. This was followed by bambaranuts (7,381 ha, 30%) and cowpeas (6,397 ha, 26%). Fieldpeas and green gram were planted in small quantities and in total the crops occupied only 5.5% ofthe total pulse grown area. The total production of pulses increased from 5,350 tons in 2003 to12,723 tons in 2008 equivalent to 137 percent increase. During the same period the area plantedwith pulses increased only slightly from 20,554 ha to 24,864.Dodoma Region Agriculture Sample Census – 2007/08

EXCUTIVE SUMMARYxBeansBeans were the dominant pulse crops in the region and were grown by 20,406 households. The totalproduction of beans in the region was 6,830 tons from a planted area of 9,698 hectares resulting inan average yield of 0.7 t/ha. Mpwapwa district had the largest area planted with beans in the region(4,769 ha, 49% of the total area planted with beans). This was followed by Kondoa (4,189 ha, 43%)and Kongwa (657 ha, 7%).(iii) Oil Seed ProductionOil seeds and oil nuts were grown by 269,215 households. The total production of oilseed cropswas 110,406 tons from a planted area of 189,083 hectares. Sunflower was the most dominant oilseed crop with a planted area 83,385 hectares (44% of the total area under oil seed crops), followedby groundnuts (79,024 ha, 42%), and simsim (26,617 ha, 14%).GroundnutsThe number of households growing groundnuts in Dodoma region was 123,790. The totalproduction of groundnuts in the region was 44,906 tons from a planted area of 79,024 hectaresresulting in an average yield of 0.64 tons per hectare. Mpwapwa had the largest area planted withgroundnuts in Dodoma region (22,160 ha, 28%), followed by Kongwa (15,818 ha, 20%),Chamwino (15,502 ha, 19%), Dodoma Urban (10,875 ha, 17.7%), Bahi (10,110 ha, 12.8%) andKondoa (4,609 ha, 5.8%).(iv) Fruit and VegetablesThe total production of fruits and vegetables was 16,268 tons. The most cultivated vegetable cropwas tomatoes with a production of 11,249 tons (69% of the total vegetables produced in theregion), followed by onions (2,028 t, 12.2%) and spinach (960 t, 6%). The production of the otherfruit and vegetable crops was relatively small. The yield of tomatoes was 10.9t/ha while that ofonion was 4.6 t/ha.TomatoThe number of households growing tomatoes was 3,485. This represents 35 percent of the totalhousehold growing fruits and vegetables in the region. The crop was grown on 1,034 hectares (30%of vegetable area) giving an average yield of 10.9 tons per hectare. Kongwa district had the largestplanted area of tomatoes (53 % of the total area planted with tomatoes in the region), followed byDodoma Urban (41%). The average planted area per tomato growing households was 0.3 hectares.Dodoma Region Agriculture Sample Census – 2007/08

EXCUTIVE SUMMARYxiOnionsA total of 2,028 tons of onion were produced from planted area of 455 ha. Highest amount ofonions were produced in Mpwapwa (1,381 tons; 68%). This was followed by Kondoa (338 tons;17%) and Kongwa (276 tones; 14 %). In 2003, onion production was 511 ha. This represents a 296percent increase. Yield also increased dramatically from 1.7 tons to 4.6 tons per hectare.(v) Cash CropsThe most important permanent crop in Dodoma region is pigeon peas which were planted on13,156 ha, accounting for 87.5 percent of planted area with permanent crops. This was followed bysugarcane (874 ha; 5.8%), banana (500 ha; 3.3%) and mango (284 ha, 1.9%). Other permanentcrops such as oranges and cashewnuts are grown in small quantities and in smaller area.(vi) Permanent CropsIn terms of area planted, pigeon peas were the most important permanent crop grown bysmallholders in Dodoma region. It was grown by 24,329 agricultural households (6.7% of the totalcrop growing households in the region). The average area planted with pigeon peas per householdin the region was relatively small (0.5 ha) and the average yield obtained by smallholders was 0.5t/ha (456 kg/ha). The total area under pigeon peas was 13,156 hectares. Kondoa had the largestplanted area of pigeon peas in the region with 12,618 ha (96% of the total area with pigeon peas inthe region).(vii) Implements UseFifty seven percent of the households had ox-plough, 6 percent ox-planter, 17 percentgrater/chipper or oil mill and 20 percent had hand sprayer. Other agricultural equipments include;tractors and their implements, ox-carts and power tillers. Out of 96,750 households, 11 percentowned tractors, 21percent owned tractor harrow, 10 percent tractor plough, 14 percent power tillers,15 percent threshers, 25 percent ox-carts and 4 percent ox-ridger.Use of oxen as draught animal was dominant over donkeys in all districts. However, DodomaUrban had higher percentage use of oxen (91%). This was followed by Kongwa (89%), Chamwino(81%), Bahi (76%). Lowest use of draught oxen was in Kondoa (67%) and Mpwapwa (62%).Nontheless, Kondoa and Mpwapwa had highest use of donkeys as draught animals than in otherdistricts.Dodoma Region Agriculture Sample Census – 2007/08

EXCUTIVE SUMMARYxii(viii) Input useImproved SeedsThe planted area using improved seeds was 108,323 hectares which represents 14 percent of thetotal area planted with the annual crops and vegetables. However, percentage of area planted withimproved seeds within the district was highest in Bahi (30%). This was followed by Mpwapwa(19%), Kongwa (16%), Dodoma Urban (13%) Chamwino (10%) and Kondoa was the least with 8percent of the planted area with improved seeds.Use of FertilizersThe use of fertilizers on annual crops in the region is relatively low compared to other regions witha planted area application of 50,021 hectares (6% of the total planted area in the region). Of theplanted area with fertilizer application, organic fertilizers was applied to 48,843 hectares whichrepresents 98% percent of the area using organic or inorganic fertilizers, whilst the area underinorganic fertilizer was 1,179 hectare (2%).Kondoa district had the highest proportion of planted area using fertilizer (19,043 ha, 38% ofagriculture land using fertilizer in Dodoma.Use of Pesticides and HerbicidesAbout 47% of households used fungicides, while moderate proportion use herbicides (33%) andinsecticides were least used (20%). Fungicides were applied on 8,557 hectares, while herbicidesand insecticides were applied to 5,893 and 3,657 hectares respectively. The total area that has beenapplied with agrochemicals has declined from 40,678 ha in 2003 to 18,106 ha in 2008.IrrigationIn Dodoma region, the area of annual crops under irrigation was 8,344 hectares representing onepercent of the total area planted area in the region. The district with the largest planted area underirrigation with annual crops was Bahi with 1,803 ha (29% of the total planted area with irrigation inthe region). The main source of water used for irrigation was from rivers (43% of all householdswith irrigation). This was followed by tap water (23%), canals (17%), Lake (9%) and boreholes(7%).(ix) Crop StorageThe results show that there were 7,280 crop growing households that stored various agriculturalproducts in the region (2% of the total crop growing households). Dodoma Urban had the highestDodoma Region Agriculture Sample Census – 2007/08

EXCUTIVE SUMMARYxiiiproportion of household storing crops. Other districts stored very little of the produced crops. Mostof the agricultural household stored their crops in sacks and/or open drums (883,468 households).This was followed by locally made traditional structures (438,431 households). Other storagemethods were used in limited extent whilst, 278,178 households did not use any method to storecrops.(x) Crop MarketingThe number of households that reported selling crops was 264,920 which represent 74 percent ofthe total number of crop growing households. The percent of crop growing households selling cropswas highest in Kongwa (83.4%), followed by Bahi (78.6%), Kondoa (76.1%), Chamwino (69.8%),Dodoma Urban (68.1%) and Mpwapwa (68.4%). Low price for agricultural produce was reportedto be the main marketing problem (61% of the households.(xi) Agricultural CreditThe census results show that in Dodoma region very few agricultural households (5,953; 1.6% ofall crop growi

The United Republic of Tanzania NATIONAL SAMPLE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2007/2008 Volume Va: REGIONAL REPORT: - DODOMA REGION Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries,