Table 3.4: Cattle holdings and estimated rates of grazing intensity
|
Province |
Net total Cultivated land areaa land, 1977-88 b (000 ha) (MAFF series) |
Commercial sector Noncommercial _ ` heldd (000 head) 1984-85 |
Grazing |
intensitye | ||||
|
Beef |
Dairy |
(000 head) |
Low |
Medium |
High | |||
|
(A) |
________(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
___________(E) (F= |
=12 ha/hd) |
(F =8 ha/hd) (F= |
=4 ha/hd) | |
|
Central |
5,609.9 |
114.4 |
46.2 |
2.2 |
112.1 |
35.0 |
23.4 |
11.7 |
|
Copperbelt |
2,547.8 |
41.6 22 |
.5f ` |
16.6f ` |
9.3 |
23.2 |
15.4 |
7.7 |
|
Eastern |
2,377.4 |
273.7 |
224.6 |
128.1 |
85.4 |
42.7 | ||
|
Luapula |
3,881.6 |
56.4 |
3.3 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0.3 | ||
|
Lusaka |
339.6 |
29.8 |
51.8 |
5.1 |
37.6 |
366.0 |
244.0 |
122.0 |
|
Northern |
10,710.4 |
177.3 |
102.4 |
11.7 |
7.8 |
3.9 | ||
|
North-Western |
6,493.3 |
26.6 |
74.1 |
13.8 |
9.2 |
4.6 | ||
|
Southern |
4,759.8 |
160.9 |
148.6 |
8.7 |
898.3 |
275.4 |
183.6 |
91.8 |
|
Western |
10,525.0 |
93.8 |
311.1 |
35.8 |
23.9 |
11.9 | ||
|
Zambia |
47,244.8 |
974.4 |
269.2 |
32.7 |
1,772.8 |
53.8 |
35.9 |
17.9 |
a. Total land less State forest reserves, national parks, lakes, and game management areas in table 3.1
b. MAFF series from table 3.2.
c. Commercial farms data series.
d. Noncommercial farms data series.
e. GI = (F(C+D+E)±A-B) + 100.
f. Copperbelt and others.