{"id":2532,"date":"2014-03-31T17:17:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta2.statssa.gov.za\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2014-04-03T09:22:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T07:22:49","slug":"agricultural-households-at-municipality-level-the-case-of-buffalo-city-vs-mangaung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=2532","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural households at municipality level: The case of Buffalo City vs. Mangaung"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2011 population census included a set of questions designed to gather information about households that are involved in some form of agricultural activity. These results were made available on a provincial basis on 31 March 2014. Stats SA can now disseminate the information on a municipal level<\/a> as well. To illustrate its use, the primary variables are compared between two large municipalities, one inland and the other coastal.<\/p>\n

In 2011, Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) and Mangaung Municipality (MM) had populations of 223\u00a0568 and 231\u00a0921 households respectively. The census results showed that out of these populations, 43\u00a0264 or 19,4% (BCM) and 46\u00a0172 or 19,9% (MM) of the households were involved in agricultural activity.<\/p>\n

Distribution of agricultural households by type of activity<\/b><\/p>\n

Figure 1 shows striking similarities and differences between the two municipalities. \u201cCrops only\u201d was the dominant agricultural activity in both municipalities, followed by (in both) \u201canimals only\u201d, \u201cmixed farming\u201d and \u201cother\u201d. And yet the differences between the municipalities are equally stark, with \u201ccrops only\u201d accounting for 65,7% of activity in MM but only 44,0% in BCM; correspondingly, \u201canimals only\u201d and \u201cmixed farming\u201d were more prevalent in BCM than in MM.<\/p>\n

Figure 1 \u2013 Percentage distribution of agricultural households by type of activity<\/b><\/p>\n

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Distribution of agricultural household heads by annual income<\/b><\/p>\n

The majority of agricultural household heads in BCM (22\u00a0426 or 51,4%) and MM (23\u00a0693 or 51,3%) earned their living from an annual income bracket between R4\u00a0801 \u2013 R38\u00a0400. The proportion of \u2018no income\u2019 for the agricultural household head in each municipality showed that there was only a slight difference between the two municipalities. The BCM recorded 12\u00a0093 (27,7%) and MM recorded 12\u00a0289 (26,6%) agricultural household heads with no income. Furthermore, the agricultural household heads that earned more than R307\u00a0201 per annum also showed no significant difference: 856 (2,0%) in BCM compared with 882 (1,9%) in MM. This showed that the household heads involved in agricultural activity within the two municipalities had similar income profiles.<\/p>\n

Figure 2.1 \u2013 Percentage distribution of agricultural households head annual income<\/b><\/p>\n

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Distribution of agricultural households by specific activity<\/b><\/p>\n

The population census also provided information on specific agricultural activities, namely livestock production, poultry production, vegetable production, production of \u201cother crops\u201d, and other (e.g. bee and aquaculture). Measured as a percentage of the total of specific activities, vegetable production dominated in both BCM (38,6%) and MM (35,3%). In MM \u201cother crop production\u201d (which is mainly field crops) was a close second (29,8%), whereas in BCM it was only 6,5%, clearly reflecting the impact of climate and weather conditions. Within BCM and MM, livestock production and poultry production were at similar levels, namely 20,5% (livestock) and 24,3% (poultry) in BCM; and 12,1% (livestock) and 13,0% (poultry) in MM.<\/p>\n

Figure 3 \u2013 Percentage distribution of agricultural households by specific activity<\/b><\/p>\n

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Click here <\/a>for more Argircultural households information on municipality level<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2011 population census included a set of questions designed to gather information about households that are involved in some form of agricultural activity. These results were made available on a provincial basis on 31 March 2014. Stats SA can now disseminate the information on a municipal level as well. To illustrate its use, the   read more »<\/a><\/p>\n

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