Crop Production and Marketed Surplus Sample Clauses

Crop Production and Marketed Surplus. Seed farmers cultivate a variety of crops in addition to seeds. In general, yields of most crops are low. Irrigated rice yields are 1864 kg/ha while rain-fed rice is about 1279 kg/ha. There is little variation between yields of GPS farmers and PSI farmers for irrigated rice. In the case of rain-fed rice, however PSI fare better with yields that are 20 percent higher (see Table 3.31). Despite their low yields, seed farmers are not subsistence farmers. In the case of rice, about half of their production is consumed on the farm, 40 percent is sold, and the rest is left as seed reserves. In the case of other crops, sales reach over 90 percent of production in vegetables and soybeans, while manioc, groundnuts, beans, potatoes, and fruit sales are between 61 and 68 percent of production (see Table 3.32). GPS Farmers PSI Farmers All Farmers Area Production Yield Area Production Yield Area Production Yield (ha) (kg) (kg/ha) (ha) (kg) (kg/ha) (ha) (kg) (kg/ha) Irrigated Rice 1.578 2912 1845 1.955 3691 1888 1.727 3220 1864 Rice-fed Rice 0.455 535 1176 0.533 753 1414 0.486 621 1279 Maize 0.467 850 1820 0.267 304 1137 0.388 634 1635 Manioc 0.692 2947 4257 0.609 904 1484 0.660 2141 3246 Potato 0.041 107 2588 0.110 386 3495 0.069 217 3165 Sweet Potato 0.077 165 2141 0.169 95 566 0.113 138 1216 Beans 0.240 274 1138 0.117 98 837 0.192 204 1065 Voanemba 0.235 470 2000 0.023 7 300 0.151 287 1897 Soybeans 0.000 00 0000 0.031 24 778 0.036 36 997 Groundnuts 0.000 00 0000 0.035 25 707 0.000 00 0000 Wheat 0.000 00 0000 0.005 8 1760 Onions 0.002 3 1200 0.001 2 1200 Fruits 0.053 28 529 0.000 00 0000 0.037 29 788 Garden Vegetables 0.040 114 2847 0.000 00 0000 0.000 00 0000 Others 0.000 00 0000 0.094 49 516 0.043 27 630 Source: IFPRI-FOFIFA survey 1997 GPS Farmers Non-GPS Farmers All farmers Own-Consumption Sales Reserves Own- Sales Reserves Own-Consumption Sales Reserves Consumption Irrigated Rice 53% 43% 4% 37% 62% 1% 45% 52% 2% Rain-fed Rice 52% 41% 8% 42% 58% 0% 47% 50% 4% Maize 40% 57% 3% 33% 63% 3% 39% 58% 3% Manioc 27% 73% 0% 46% 54% 0% 30% 70% 0% Potato 31% 61% 8% 9% 87% 4% 15% 80% 5% Sweet Potato 65% 34% 0% 86% 14% 0% 71% 29% 0% Beans 28% 67% 5% 31% 59% 10% 29% 65% 6% Voanemba 8% 89% 3% 33% 60% 7% 8% 89% 3% Soybeans 5% 91% 4% 52% 47% 0% 23% 74% 3% Groundnuts 22% 68% 10% 73% 8% 19% 25% 64% 11% Fruits 33% 67% 0% 13% 88% 0% 18% 82% 0% Garden Vegetables 7% 91% 2% 7% 92% 1% 7% 91% 2% Others 2% 95% 2% 14% 83% 3% 7% 90% 3% Source: IFPRI-FOFIFA survey 1997