The 2007/08 National Sample Census of Agriculture results reveal that there was an increase in the production of crops between 2002/03 and 2007/08. For instance , the production of maize doubled from 2,613,970 tonnes in 2002/03 to 5,438,776 tonnes in 2007/08 on Tanzania Mainland and in Zanzibar it increased from 3,146 tonnes in 2002/03 to 5,402 tonnes in 2007/08. Production of paddy on Tanzania Mainland increased from 594,619 tonnes in 2002/03 to 1,399,681 tonnes in 2007/08, while in Zanzibar increased from 10,123 tonnes in 2002/03 to 32,265 tonnes in 2007/08. There was an increase in the number of cattle on Tanzania Mainland from 16,837,150 cattle in 2002/03 to 21,101,177 cattle in 2007/08, while the number of cattle in Zanzibar decreased from 162,643 cattle in 2002/03 to 155,783 cattle in 2007/08.