the national rate of 47.40%. Mwanza was placed 14th in the nation for the average degree of poverty, with 46.55% of its residents experiencing severe poverty, compared to 45.48% nationwide. In Mwanza, the population's vulnerability to poverty was 26.57%, which was somewhat lower than the national average of 27.69. Agriculture The predominant subsistence farming practiced by the cimmunity with a few commercial farms is the dominant characterist of the economy of Mwanza Region. Only 61% of the suitable arable land, are crops grown. The most common crop, maize, makes up 51.8% of the planted area and is primarily grown in Buchosa, Kwimba, and Misungwi districts. Cassava is the second most common crop, growing primarily in Kwimba, Buchosa, and Ukerewe. Rice is the third most common crop, predominantly grown in Magu and Ukerewe. In the entire region, cotton is the most common cash crop, accounting for 55,21511 ha annually, compared to 131,547 ha for maize, 75,940 ha for cassava, and 18,921 ha for paddy during the same period from 2010/11 to 2014/15.56,906 tonnes of cotton are typically produced in the area each year, accounting for 47.5 percent of the region's farmers' cash crops and providing 26.2 percent of agricultural income. The region's primary producers of fruits and vegetables are Buchosa, Magu, Ukerewe, and Ilemela. Surpluses are shipped to Dar es Salaam. In 2015, Buchosa has horticulture crops growing on more than 307.8 acres, including mangoes and pineapples. Magu has been cultivating horticulture products as a second crop using residual moisture on a portion of the 1,178 acres designated for rice. In 2015, Ilemela had 40 hectares. The Ngongoseke Farm, a 12-hectare greenhouse in Magu, and the fringes of the municipality of Ilemela also engage in greenhouse farming (products sold in Arusha, Mwanza and Dar). Given that just 2,884 ha of the region's 10,649 hectares of arable land are currently irrigated, there is a restricted usage of irrigation in the area. Paddy and horticultural crops like tomatoes, egg plants, watermelon, and cabbage are grown with irrigation. The region had 1,155,871 indigenous cattle, 523,145 goats, and 138,917 sheep in 2016 according to a recent livestock census, some of which might be processed into meat. Additionally, there were 2,588,438 chickens, 61,677 pigs, 6,985 donkeys, and 19,244 enhanced dairy cows. Cattle ownership was most prevalent in Kwimba (34%), then Misungwi (21%), Magu (18%), and Sengerema (16 percent). An estimated 172,977 acres of land is suitable