Table 3.1: Arable land area (000 hectares)
|
Province |
Total land |
State forest |
National |
Lake areas' (1974) |
Game mgmt |
Net total land |
MAFF |
Total (%) |
Land |
Total |
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F = A-B-C-D-E |
G |
H=G/F |
I |
J=I/F | |
|
Central |
9439.4 |
577.0 |
1,081.8 |
- |
2170.7 |
5609.9 |
150.2 |
2.7 |
471.8 |
8.4 |
|
Copperbelt' |
3,132.8 |
585.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2547.8 |
59.4 |
2.3 |
125.0 |
4.9 |
|
Eastern |
6,910.6 |
887.0 |
410.2 |
- |
3236.0 |
2377.4 |
314.1 |
13.2 |
44.3 |
1.9 |
|
Luapula |
5,056.7 |
137.0 |
138.9 |
409.0 |
490.2 |
3881.6 |
90.7 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
0.2 |
|
Lusaka |
2,189.6 |
* |
600.0** |
- |
1250.0 |
339.6 |
36.3 |
10.7 |
177.9 |
52.4 |
|
Northern |
14,782.6 |
965.0 |
1,765.5 |
265.0 |
1076.7 |
10710.4 |
279.2 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
.0 |
|
North-Western |
12,582.6 |
2,432.0 |
693.3 |
- |
2964.0 |
6493.3 |
55.3 |
0.9 |
35.5 |
0.5 |
|
Southern |
8,528.3 |
655.0 |
958.6 |
248.0 |
1906.9 |
4759.8 |
185.7 |
3.9 |
665.4 |
14.0 |
|
Western |
12,638.6 |
442.0 |
893.6 |
- |
778.0 |
10525.0 |
117.0 |
1.1 |
5.2 |
__________.0 |
|
Zambia |
75,261.2 |
6,680.0 |
6,541.9 |
922.0 |
13,872.5 |
47,244.8 |
1,288.0 |
2.7 |
1,531.4 |
3.2 |
a. Source: Ministry of Lands, Survey Department, 1993.
b. Source: J. Schultz, Explanatory Study to the Land Use Map of Zambia, Ministry of Rural Development, Lusaka, 1974 (adjusted to reflect 1993 MOL figures).
c. Source: Schultz, op cit.
d. Central province includes some national park area located in Lusaka province.
e. Source: USAID, Zambia - Natural Resource Management Projects - Project Amendment, Game Management Area Descriptions, 1993.
f. Source: Ministry of Lands, Annual report of the Forest Department, 1987.
g. Landholdings on commercial farms as of 30 September 1990, Commercial Farms series.
h. MAFF planning division, survey data, 1990.
* Essentially nil.
** Estimated. Reported under Central province.