Table 2.
Reported area of fields, total land under cultivation and the proportions of fields used to grow sweetpotato and other crops according to farmers in Uganda (n = 363 surveys), Kenya (n = 110), Tanzania (n = 101) and Rwanda (n = 101).
| Country | Total land under cultivation (ha) | Other crops (ha) | Sweet-potato area (ha) | Proportion sweetpotato relative to total cultivated area (%) | Mean field size (ha) | Min field size (ha) | Max field size (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 247.57 | 198.85 | 48.72 | 19.7 | 2.26 | 0.01 | 4.0 |
| Rwanda | 202.19 | 180.06 | 22.13 | 10.9 | 2.00 | 0.01 | 2.5 |
| Tanzania | 296.25 | 225.86 | 70.39 | 23.8 | 3.00 | 0.13 | 3.0 |
| Uganda | 1598.88 | 1315.97 | 282.91 | 17.7 | 4.92 | 0.01 | 6.0 |
| All countries (N = 675) | 2344.89 | 1920.74 | 424.15 | 18.1 | 3.05 | 0.04 | 3.1 |