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ANNEX 5. SOUTHERN AFRICA: NATURALLY SUITABLE CROPS BY SUB-REGION AND COUNTRY, AVERAGE 1996-2000


Country

Fruits

Coffee

Maize

Pulses

Rice

share of permanent crops area (%)

share of arable land (%)

Angola

12.3

23.2

21.5

6.2

0.7

Botswana

75.0

-

13.8

9.2

-

Comoros

21.8

1.3

2.1

15.9

17.9

Lesotho

-


45.1

5.9

-

Madagascar

26.6

32.6

6.7


41.7

Malawi

74.8

2.3

68.2

21.9

2.1

Mauritius

10.6

-

0.1

-


Mozambique

26.8

0.6

29.0

10.0

4.3

Namibia

38.0

-

4.0

0.9

-

South Africa

29.3

-

25.4

0.6

-

Swaziland

93%

-

34.2

4.2

-

Zambia

83.4

13.5

11.1

0.6

0.2

Zimbabwe

27.2

5.1

45.2

2.0

-

Southern Africa

29.4

12.0

25.5

3.8

3.9

Estimates based on data extracted from FAOSTAT (2002); Note: shaded cells stand for 'naturally suitable crops of the sub-region', whereas bold and italic cells indicate 'naturally suitable country-specific crops'.


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