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Table 7.2. Estimated total maize planted area (hectares) in 2003/04 compared with the 1998/99-2002/03
averages by agro-ecological zone (Central Statistical Office).
Agro-ecological
zone
1998/99
(hectares)
1999/00
(hectares)
2000/01
(hectares)
2001/02
(hectares)
2002/03
(hectares)
Five year
average
(hectares)
2003/04
(hectares)
Percentage
average
(%)
Highveld
20,025
20,338
20,672
24,358
16,700
20,419
17,236
84
Middleveld
21,241
27,003
19,434
24,254
22,940
22,994
23,642
103
Lowveld
12,096
18,886
14,771
15,831
22,142
16,745
11,064
66
Lubombo Plateau
2,608
2,306
2,974
3,355
5,900
3,429
2,528
74
Swaziland
55,970
68,533
57,851
67,898
67,687
63,587
54,470
86
Table 7.3. Maize production, imports and self-sufficiency in Swaziland (1987/88-2003/04 marketing year)
(NMC annual report, 2002).
Year
Consumption (tonnes)
Production (tonnes)
Imports (tonnes)
Self-sufficiency (%)
1987/88
143,845
110,345
33,500
77
1988/89
141,058
122,858
18,200
87
1989/90
104,064
88,964
15,100
85
1990/91
101,539
89,639
11,900
88
1991/92
122,920
59,320
63,600
48
1992/93
123,671
92,971
30,700
75
1993/94
94,215
83,815
10,400
89
1994/95
113,357
83,567
29,700
74
1995/96
158,390
149,190
10,200
94
1996/97
113,114
119,028
29,700
88
1997/98
111,900
107,185
23,215
96
1998/99
125,500
112,456
30,764
90
1999/00
139,000
72,000
24,794
52
2000/01
155,700
72,500
34,330
47
2001/02
156,700
72,600
48,000
46.5
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