Table 3.5: Distribution of rural households by type of agricultural activity and province, 1987-88 (number)
Province |
Crop only |
Livestock |
Poultry |
Crops & |
Crops & |
Livestock & |
Non- |
Total rural |
Central |
10,808 |
97 |
2,773 |
1,121 |
30,427 |
16,850 |
6,680 |
68,756 |
Copperbelt |
19,632 |
23 |
1,779 |
950 |
28,400 |
5,022 |
4,208 |
60,014 |
Eastern |
29,350 |
71 |
436 |
17,701 |
47,743 |
64,103 |
1,595 |
160,999 |
Luapula |
20,899 |
80 |
4,462 |
1,255 |
37,182 |
6,306 |
6,291 |
76,475 |
Lusaka |
6,693 |
37 |
933 |
657 |
10,020 |
4,297 |
8,307 |
30,944 |
Northern |
28,782 |
4 |
802 |
1,855 |
89,234 |
23,670 |
1,602 |
145,949 |
North-western |
17,991 |
142 |
982 |
2,058 |
25,060 |
7,771 |
2,731 |
56,735 |
Southern |
18,598 |
95 |
3,336 |
5,840 |
28,377 |
42,561 |
7,549 |
106,356 |
Western________ |
43,088 |
_________228 |
1,541 |
__________6,229 |
34,252 |
________15,642 |
_________8,118 |
109,098 |
Zambia Total |
195,841 |
777 |
17,044 |
37,666 |
330,695 |
186,222 |
47,081 |
815,326 |
Source: CSO, unpublished data
Table 3.6: Distribution of crop-growing farming units by parcel holdings and province, 1987-88
Crop-growing |
1 parcel |
2 parcels |
3 parcels |
4 parcels |
5 parcels |
6+ parcels | |
Central |
71,021 |
43,457 |
15,343 |
2,807 |
664 |
263 |
8,487 |
Copperbelt |
53,466 |
28,875 |
20,106 |
3,746 |
577 |
154 |
8 |
Eastern |
124,694 |
103,075 |
3,701 |
12,033 |
4,405 |
1,313 |
167 |
Luapula |
69,761 |
24,907 |
17,644 |
12,532 |
7,960 |
3,794 |
2,924 |
Lusaka |
23,595 |
16,063 |
6,646 |
778 |
108 | ||
Northern |
147,374 |
30,114 |
42,544 |
33,344 |
20,106 |
12,061 |
9,205 |
North-western |
52,071 |
22,544 |
20,432 |
6,712 |
1,883 |
153 |
347 |
Southern |
96,182 |
58,349 |
26,655 |
7,622 |
2,470 |
681 |
405 |
Western________ |
__________99,439 |
37,866 |
________30,960 |
_________17,873 |
_________8,649 |
_________2,035 |
__________2,056 |
Zambia Total |
737,603b |
365,250 |
184,031 |
97,447 |
46,822 |
20,454 |
23,599 |
a. Calculated data representing the sum of the columns differ from printed data in official reports.
b. Data are only for those farms reporting, not the number of farming units nationwide.
Source: CSO, post-harvest survey, 1987-88.