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LSMS-ISA Tanzania: Legume Cultivation

EPAR RESEARCH BRIEF #189

Mon, 04/09/2012

AUTHORS: Katie Stahley, Elysia Slakie, Karina Derksen-Schrock, C. Leigh Anderson, Mary Kay Gugerty

ABSTRACT: 

This brief presents our analysis of legume cultivation in Tanzania using data from the 2008/2009 wave of the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS), part of the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). We find that Tanzanian farmers reported growing eight different varieties of food legumes: beans, groundnuts, cowpeas, mung beans, chickpeas, bambara nuts, field peas, soya beans, and pigeon peas. Fifty-seven percent of households in Tanzania grew at least one of these crops during the long and/or short rainy seasons.  A separate appendix includes details on our analyses.

The other reports in our series analyzing data from the 2008-2009 wave of the TZNPS include:

  • Section A: Introduction and Overview (EPAR Technical Report #154)
  • Section B: Median Farmer Profile (EPAR Research Brief #167)
  • Section C: Household Characteristics and Education (EPAR Technical Report #160)
  • Section D: Farm Characteristics, Crops, and Productivity (EPAR Technical Report #161)
  • Section E: Livestock and Livestock By-Products (EPAR Technical Report #164)
  • Section F: Farm Inputs (EPAR Technical Report #163)
  • Section G: Food Consumption and Expenditures (EPAR Technical Report #165)
  • Section H: Nutrition (EPAR Technical Report #166)
  • National and Zonal Highlights (EPAR Technical Report #184)
  • Gender (EPAR Research Brief #190)
  • Input Use (EPAR Research Brief #179)
  • Market Access (EPAR Research Brief #196)
  • Intercropping (EPAR Research Brief #216)
  • Maize Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #187)
  • Paddy Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #188)
  • Sorghum & Millet Cultivation (EPAR Research Brief #224)

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Data Analysis

RESEARCH TOPIC CATEGORY: Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Livelihoods; Agricultural Productivity, Yield, & Constraints; Agricultural Inputs & Farm Management; Market & Value Chain Analysis

GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS: East Africa Region and Selected Countries

DATASET(S): LSMS & LSMS-ISA

Downloadable Documents

Full Brief

EPAR_UW_Request189_LSMSLegumes_07.11_0Download

Appendix to the Brief

EPAR_UW_Request_189_LSMSLegumes_Appendix_04.09.12Download