Mozambique breaks record in meat production with 181,792 tonnes in 2023

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Mozambique breaks record in meat production with 181,792 tonnes in 2023

2:31 CAT | 07 Mar 2024

File photo: Lusa

Meat production in Mozambique increased by 4.5% in 2023, reaching a record 181,792 tonnes, the livestock production report released on Thursday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) indicates.

This performance compares with 174,046 tons in 2022.

According to the document, the growth in 2023 – by then already double that of 91,381 tons in 2015 – results from the “intensification in the implementation of measures to control the movement of animals” and “control of cattle theft and clandestine slaughter”, among other factors.

Beef production alone broke a record of 21,136 tons in 2023, the result of the slaughter of 148,844 cattle and an increase of 5% compared to the previous year.

“In 2023, national beef production corresponded to around 94% of projected national consumption of 22,522 tons,” the report reads.

The production of meat from small ruminants, goats and sheep, also grew by 5%, to 3,926 tons, and chicken meat increased by 4%, to 152,784 tons.

Mozambique’s production of eggs for consumption grew by 8%, to 28,667,207 dozen, a new record, and that of fresh milk increased by 2% to 2,486,344 litres, with the provinces of Manica and Sofala supplying 70% of the total.

Source: Lusa