Milk production increase

The Chronicle Milk production rose 11.4 percent to 23 913 223 litres in the first quarter of 2023 comparable to 21 464 846 litres in the same period in 2022, information from the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development show. This is in direct response to deliberate Government and private sector initiatives in upscaling milk productivity levels and expansion of the dairy herd. Under the Livestock Recovery and Growth Plan, milk production is intended to rise from the obtaining annual production of 79,9 million litres to 150 million litres, and increase the dairy herd to 60 000…