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Community Survey 2016, Agricultural Households\u00a0 <\/i>
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The number of South African households engaged in agricultural activities decreased between 2011 and 2016. There were 550 000 (19,1%) fewer agricultural households in 2016 (2,33 million) than in 2011 (2,88 million).This decline was mainly due to the drought experienced throughout the country during 2014 and 2015. There has also been a decline of 6,6% in the proportion of households engaging in agricultural activities nationally. A fifth (19,9%) of all households in the country were agricultural households in 2011, this declined to only 13,8% in 2016.<\/p>\n
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The Eastern Cape had the highest proportion of agricultural households in the country at 27,9% (down from 35,4% in 2011) in 2016; followed by Limpopo with 24,1% (33,0% in 2011) and KwaZulu-Natal with 18,6% (28,2% in 2011). Western Cape and Gauteng recorded the lowest proportions of households engaging in farming activities, with 3,6% (5,2% in 2011) and 4,9% (7,1% in 2011), respectively.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Rearing of livestock only\u2019 farming constituted the main form of household agricultural activity in six of the nine provinces, with the three exceptions being Western Cape (27,5%), Free State (31,9%) and Gauteng (18,3%). Nationally, \u2018animals only\u2019 and \u2018crops only\u2019 farming accounted for 42,9% and 34,6% of households\u2019 engagement \u00a0in agriculture respectively.<\/p>\n
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The main reasons for 81,2% of households\u2019 engagement in agriculture were either as \u2018main source of household food\u2019 or \u2018extra source of household food\u2019. Agricultural households in Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo were mainly engaged in agricultural activities as \u2018extra source of household food\u2019. Households in the rest of the provinces reported \u2018main source of household food\u2019 as the main reason for household involvement in agriculture.<\/p>\n
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The majority of agricultural households (21,5%) were headed by persons within the 45-54 years age group, a little more than half of which were headed by males. Also, a high percentage of agricultural households (18,6%) were headed by individuals who had no schooling. The highest proportion of agricultural household heads recorded with no schooling were in Mpumalanga (26,3%), Limpopo (24,0%) and KwaZulu-Natal (22,7%).<\/p>\n
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\u2018Back yard\u2019 (83,8%) was the leading main place of agricultural activity in 2016 nationally, followed by \u2018farm land\u2019 (8,7%) and \u2018communal land\u2019 (5,0%).\u00a0 Cattle were the most kept livestock by agricultural households with an estimated 13,9 million nationally; they are followed by sheep (19,5 million), goats (7,8 million) and pigs (1,6 million).<\/p>\n
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About the report: <\/b><\/p>\n
The Community Survey 2016: Agricultural households<\/i> report is the second in a series of reports on South African households engaged in agricultural activities. The first was published in 2013 and presented results based on Census 2011 data. This report presents data collected during Community Survey 2016. <\/b><\/p>\n
The full report on Agricultural households is available on the Statistics South Africa website: www.statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n Issued by Statistics South Africa<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Technical enquiries:<\/b><\/p>\n Mr Joe de Beer<\/p>\n Deputy Director-General: Economic Statistics<\/p>\n Tel: 012 310 8024<\/p>\n Cell: 082\u00a0888 2600<\/p>\n Email: JoeDB@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mr Itani Magwaba<\/p>\n Chief Director: Structural Industry Statistics<\/p>\n Tel: 012 337 6254\/6471<\/p>\n Email: ItaniM@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ms Katumetso Honwani<\/p>\n Director: Structural Industry Statistics, Product Development and Analysis<\/p>\n Tel: 012 310 8435<\/p>\n Cell: 082\u00a0388 5990<\/p>\n Email: KatumetsoTs@statssa.gov.za<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Media enquiries:<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Ms Lesedi Dibakwane<\/p>\n Director: Media and Public Relations<\/p>\n Tel: 012 310 8578<\/p>\n Cell: 082 805 7088<\/p>\n Email: LesediD@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MEDIA RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27 January 2017 Community Survey 2016, Agricultural Households\u00a0 The number of South African households engaged in agricultural activities decreased between 2011 and 2016. There were 550 000 (19,1%) fewer agricultural households in 2016 (2,33 million) than in 2011 (2,88 million).This decline was mainly due to the drought experienced throughout the country read more »<\/a><\/p>\n