|
|
|
|
|
Number
of smallholder farming Households by holding size category
|
Holding Size (Ha)
|
Smallholder farming households
|
A.S.A. 1982/83
|
|
A.S.A 1984/85
|
|
A.S.A 1984/85
|
|
N.S.S.A. 1992/93
|
No.
|
%
|
|
No.
|
%
|
|
No.
|
%
|
|
No
|
%
|
All Malawi
|
1157
|
100
|
|
1193
|
100
|
|
1300
|
100
|
|
1577
|
100
|
Under 0.50
|
308
|
27
|
|
272
|
23
|
|
299
|
23
|
|
763
|
48
|
0.50 - 0.99
|
367
|
32
|
|
363
|
30
|
|
420
|
32
|
|
461
|
29
|
1.00 - 1.49
|
220
|
19
|
|
244
|
20
|
|
258
|
20
|
|
192
|
12
|
1.50 - 1.99
|
122
|
11
|
|
137
|
12
|
|
142
|
11
|
|
82
|
5
|
2.00 - 2.49
|
63
|
5
|
|
85
|
7
|
|
82
|
6
|
|
41
|
3
|
2.50 - 2.99
|
31
|
3
|
|
40
|
3
|
|
45
|
4
|
|
15
|
1
|
3.00 and Over
|
50
|
4
|
|
52
|
4
|
|
55
|
4
|
|
23
|
2
|
A.S.A = Annual Survey
of Agriculture
Source: National Statistical
Office (unpublished) 1993,
|