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Table 2 Number of different classes of maize cultivars grown during the 2013/2014 main crop season in the 13 surveyed African countries

From: Characteristics of maize cultivars in Africa: How modern are they and how many do smallholder farmers grow?

Region/country

Numbers

Without YOR

Covering <1% area

Hybrid

OPV

Local

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

EA totals/avg.

69

58

87

214

101

47.2

154

72.0

Percentages

32.2

27.1

40.7

100.0

    

Ethiopia

10

5

7

22

5

22.7

7

31.8

Kenya

33

33

18

84

33

39.3

68

81.0

Tanzania

17

12

54

83

55

66.3

66

79.5

Uganda

9

8

8

25

8

32.0

13

52.0

SA totals/avg.

79

15

93

187

95

50.8

122

65.2

Percentages

42.6

8.0

49.5

100.0

    

Angola

4

2

25

31

24

77.4

20

64.5

Malawi

15

6

9

30

10

33.3

17

56.7

Mozambique

7

3

31

41

33

80.5

28

68.3

Zambia

30

2

27

59

27

45.8

42

71.2

Zimbabwe

23

2

1

26

1

3.8

15

57.7

WA totals/avg.

9

39

48

96

52

54.2

65

67.7

Percentages

9.4

40.6

50.0

100.0

    

Benin

0

8

8

16

8

50.0

14

87.5

Ghana

5

13

19

37

23

62.2

27

73.0

Mali

0

8

2

10

2

20.0

0

0.0

Nigeria

4

10

19

33

19

57.6

24

72.7

SSA totals/avg.

157

112

228

497

248

49.9

341

68.6

Percentages

31.7

22.5

45.8

100.0