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Table 2 Agricultural production of common crops in CSB

From: Characterizing soils and the enduring nature of land uses around the Lake Chamo Basin in South-West Ethiopia

S/No

Major crops growing in Arba Minch Zuria and Dherashe Woredas

Cultivated land in hectare/2012

Annual production in quintals/2012

Ave. productivity/hectare/quintals

1

Banana

3550

976,250

275

2

Mango

226

62,376

276

3

Lemmon

5

450

90

4

Moringa leaf (as a cabbage)

1500

240,000

160

5

Tomatoes

110

11,000

100

6

Onion

166

19,200

115

7

Sweet potatoes

2050

328,000

160

8

Cassava

165

26,400

160

9

Taro

130

20,800

160

10

Cotton

2500

40,000

16

11

Maize

10,360

455,840

44

12

Sorghum

1550

34,100

22

13

Teff

2305

27,660

12

14

Haricot bean

275

3575

13

  1. Source: Arba Minch Zuria and Derashe Woredas’ Agriculture Development Offices