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Table 3
Crops cultivated by land size (2009)
Percentage
Number of households Total crop area (feddan) Rice Wheat Maize Birsim Dates & other fruits Other crops Total
Less than 0.5 feddan
14
0.5
6.0 50.0
0.0
22.6
9.5
11.9
100.0
0.5–1 feddan
36
0.9
12.6 53.6
0.0
23.9
6.1
0.0
96.2
1 feddan
71
1.4
17.3 45.9
0.0
29.6
3.5
3.4
99.6
2 feddans
45
2.5
14.6 39.1
0.7
29.2
7.8
4.8
96.3
3 feddans
39
3.3
7.5 44.3
1.4
28.7
3.6
7.2
92.7
4 feddans
36
4.8
8.3 37.1
0.6
31.0
4.4
8.7
90.2
5-9 feddans
39
6.8
11.5 31.2
1.5
23.0
6.4
3.5
77.1
10 feddans or above
14
47.2
10.3 32.5
0.0
20.1
9.0
3.0
75.0
Average
266
5.0
12.3 42.1
0.6
27.2
5.5
4.7
92.4
Source
Rural Household Survey (2009)