What Census 2011 says about

Free State agricultural households

Moses Mnyaka – Stats SA11 October 2013

Background

• Develop a frame on agricultural

households;• Link the Census of Agriculture

to Population Census;• Three questions included in

Population Census 2011;•

Background (concl)

1. What type of agricultural activity,

e.g. Livestock, crop, etc?;

2. Households that own livestock,

what is the range, 1-10, 11-100

and more than 100? and3. What type of land is

utilised?

2,7 million people

14 million households

= 1 million households

2,8 million households reported agricultural activity

824 943 households

201 287 households reported agricultural activity

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20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

11,089

3,696 2,631 3,580

51,733

46,172

3,934 4,428

16,810

5,672

2,423

7,221 5,131

2,937

8,908

5,493 4,762

9,817

1,824 3,024

Number of agricultural households per municipality

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30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

28.7

23.6 23.4 21.8

51.6

19.9

25.9 25.2

13.6 12.4

22.4

15.8

23.6

38.2

24.0

31.7

36.9

29.1

21.0

25.2 24.4

Percentage contribution of agricultural households

Agricultural households

General governmentservices 13,7

Wholesale, retail & motor trade; catering & accommodation, 12,5

Manufacturing 15,0

Transport, storage & communication 9,0

Finance, real estate & business services 21,4

Construction, 3,0

Mining and quarrying 4,9

Electricity, gas and water 1,7

Agriculture, forestry & fishing 2,2

Personal services, 5,5

Contributions to GDP - Annual

13,5m

Finance 1 818 00013,5%

Manufacturing

1 735 00012,8%

Private households 1 093 000

8,1%

Mining 374 0002,8%

Utilities 115 0000,9%

Trade 2 906 00021,5%

Community / Social

Services

3 050 00021,0%

Construction 1 083 0008,0%

6,2%Transport

832 000

Agriculture 712 0005,3%Community / Social Services and Tradewere the largest employers

3m

Employment by industry

Employment contribution according to the agricultural sector

16.4

12.4

6.0

9.1

13.4

4.5

6.2

14.4

17.5

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4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

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Employment in agriculture

Free State province is known as the hub of commercial

farming. Where does small-scale farming stand and what role does it plays?

Distribution of households involved in agricultural activity

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

Gender of the household head

41

59

34

66

5446

5248

4555

39

61

5545

27

73

34

66

48%

52%

South Africa

Northern Cape

Percentage of agricultural households heads by gender

Dihlaben

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90%

100%

Female Number

Male Number

The higher proportions of females involved in

agriculture in the province is only drawn from two

municipalities

Agriculture household heads with no schooling

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

No schooling

22,9%

21,9%

31,5%7,3%

30,5%

21,8%

27,1%12,9%20,0%

5,4%

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2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

1,937

657 538 811

7,502

3,824

377 558

1,437

660 387

742 602

236

1,159 1,163 864

1,322

450 643

Number of agricultural household heads with no schooling

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30.0

17.5 17.8

20.5

22.7

14.5

8.3

9.6

12.6

8.5

11.6

16.0

10.3

11.7

8.0

13.0

21.2

18.1

13.5

24.7

21.3

12.9

Agricultural households where the head has no schooling

No schooling

Highest number of agriculture household

heads with no schooling

Maluti a Phofung 7 502 Mangaung 3 824

Agricultural household heads annual income

Distribution of agricultural household heads by annual income

Limpopo

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Free State

Northern Cape

32,6%

31,0%25,4%

29,9%

31,7%

32,2%

26,4%26,8%

17,2%

No income

30,3%

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4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

1,794

682 534 818

17,151

12,289

816 1,214

4,982

1,604

432 1,197 1,351

868

2,214

840 695

2,620

298 658

Number of agricultural household heads with no income

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18.4

20.3

22.8

33.2

26.6

20.7

27.4

29.628.3

17.816.6

26.3

29.6

24.9

15.314.6

26.7

16.3

21.8

26.4

Agricultural households with head having no income

No income

Highest number of agricultural household heads with no income

Maluti a Phofung 17 151 Mangaung 12 289

Number of households vegetable production

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

Vegetables1 123 524

South Africa

246 412

106 809

147 870

340 743

105 181

91 21436 620

9 334

39 337

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10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

6,747

1,113 732 1,356

39,772

23,591

1,947 1,255

8,066

3,246

685 2,422 1,588 1,951 2,718 2,147

1,158

5,372

361 584

Number of agricultural households involved in vegetable production

Number of households owning poultry

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

Northern Cape

Poultry1 299 288

South Africa

334 665

51 414

82 403

356 881

173 681

127 759

117 453

25 853

29 176

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2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

2,825

1,470

928

1,487

11,435

8,605

1,156 1,074

4,240

1,415

610

2,750

1,843

473

2,784

1,986 2,030 2,512

719 1,071

Number of agricultural households involved in poultry production

Number of households owning livestock

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

Livestock1 096 855

330 354

45 207

62 047

268 656

172 683

72 89688 633

28 040

28 334

Number of households owning livestock in Eastern Cape

Livestock Cattle30 590

Sheep8 715

Goats3 489

Pigs5 744

45 207

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2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

3,159

1,555

840

1,341

6,161

8,063

1,314 1,119

2,984

855 1,188

2,284

1,422

792

2,272 2,269

2,763 3,021

913 892

Number of agricultural households involved in livestock production

Number of households owning cattle

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

169 534

200 538

91 562

51 699

44 727

30 590

10 846

8 231

5 932

Cattle613 662

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50

100

150

200

250

142

117

69

99 93

163

112

70 70

34

123

167

60 51

148

200

238

174

96

60

Number of agricultural households owning more than 100 cattle

Comparison of agricultural households with commercial cattle farmers

Black African4%

Number of households owning sheep

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

22 385

123 102

Sheep215 034

8 715

12 858

5 393

18 107

6 259

4 350

Number of households owning sheep

South Africa

Sheep215 034

13 861

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100

150

200

250

300

350

Number of agricultural households owning more than 100 sheep

Comparison of agricultural households with commercial sheep farmers

Black African4%

Number of households owning goats

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

Goats429 065

150 140

3 489

4 596

130 432

77 573

18 91518 915

2 387

14 046

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35

13

19

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3

20

31

8

7

13

2

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11

8

3

10

7

9 9

5 5

Number of agricultural households owning more than 100 goats

Number of households owning pigs

South Africa

Western Cape

Gauteng

Eastern Cape

Northern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Limpopo

Free State

Pigs112 678

59 578

5 744

3 351

2 991

9 773

6 7337 643

1 570

15 292

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6

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12

14

16

18

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16

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6

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11

8

1

6

-

4

Number of agricultural households owning more than 100 pigs

Comparison of agricultural households with commercial pig farmers

Black African4%

Conclusion

• Lack of funding on conducting a

census of agricultural households production level; • Data to be made available at

local municipality level; and• Strategy on Agricultural Statistics.

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Thank you