Report on Samoa Agricultural Survey 2015

Agriculture is important to households in Samoa to provide food for the family or as a source of income. Most households are engaged in some agricultural activities. In 2015, there were 28,119 households in Samoa, of which 27,411 (or 97 percent) were agricultural households; that is, they grew some crops or raised some livestock. Most agricultural households grow some crops. In 2015, there were 27,359 crop households, while 19,208 households were raising livestock. Many households in Samoa engage in agriculture as only a secondary activity; often they only have a small plot of garden crops or a few fruit trees. To better understand the agricultural sector, crop households can be divided into major crop households and minor crop households. A major crop household is defined as an agricultural household with more than 625 square yards of land under garden crops; or more than 20 coconut trees; or more than 20 banana plants; or more than 20 other tree crops. 

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