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Table 4 Comparison of earnings per hectare from flood recession cultivation of sorghum and vegetable gardening (based on UM market prices in 1999)
1999/2000 | Earnings from vegetable production | Earnings from flood recession sorghum | Area of vegetable cultivation | Area of flood recession sorghum cultivation | Production per hectare of vegetables | Production per hectare of sorghum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wetland | UM | UM | ha | ha | UM/ha | UM/ha |
Goungel | 235,000 | 3,516,240 | 0.36 | 138 | 652,778 | 25,480 |
Tali | 162,400 | 79,040 | 0.78 | 4 | 208,205 | 19,760 |
Sawana | 0 | 52,243,425 | 0 | 477 | 0 | 109,525 |
Chlim | 23,600 | 269,100 | 0.33 | 15 | 71,515 | 17,940 |
Boichiche | 30,000 | 365,560 | 1.15 | 37 | 26,087 | 9,880 |