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Table 5.2 - Food crops, Under Covered Cultures1: Area harvested, production and yield
per hectare, 2022 - 2023
2022 2 2023 3
Foodcrops Area Yield per Area Yield per
Production Production
harvested hectare harvested hectare
(tonnes) (tonnes)
(hectares) (tonnes) (hectares) (tonnes)
Potato - - - - - -
Maize - - - - - -
Groundnut - - - - - -
Onion - - - - - -
of which hybrid - - - - - -
Ginger - - - - - -
Garlic - - - - - -
Chillies 0.2 2.2 10.5 0.3 4.4 13.1
Tomato 39.0 6,903.9 177.0 45.8 8,086.1 176.6
of which hybrid (39.0) (6,903.9) (177.0) (45.8) (8,086.1) (176.6)
Beans and Peas 1.6 20.6 13.2 0.4 5.1 13.2
Cabbage 0.5 24.6 53.9 0.8 46.6 61.6
Cauliflower 0.1 5.8 48.2 0.1 1.8 25.1
Brinjal 1.1 65.4 62.3 1.3 90.5 69.5
Creepers 4 8.8 1,096.5 124.2 10.9 1,479.7 136.0
of which Cucumber (7.1) (1,056.0) (148.2) (10.0) (1,463.2) (146.0)
Greens 5 1.0 17.1 17.1 1.4 36.2 25.8
Lettuce 15.9 287.6 18.1 26.7 538.6 20.1
Sweet Pepper 8.9 785.9 88.8 11.5 982.5 85.7
Mixed vegetables 6 1.0 27.4 27.5 0.3 10.3 31.8
Banana - - - - - -
Pineapple - - - - - -
Total food crops 78.0 9,236.8 118.4 99.5 11,281.9 113.4
Source: Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (FAREI) and Statistics Mauritius estimates
¹ Under Covered Cultures include hydroponic and non-hydroponic cultures
2
Revised
3
Provisional
4
Includes Bittergourd,Calabash,Chouchou,Courgette,Cucumber,Patole,Pipengaille,Pumpkin,Squash and Voehm
5
Includes "Brede Baton blanc/vert/ de chine/ Chouchou/ Giraumon/ Malabar/ Tom pouce"
6
Includes Beet, Broccoli, Carrot, Echalotte, Eddoes, Ladies Finger, Leek, Manioc, Petsai and Sweet Potato
- : Nil
Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding
