Slight rise in local milk production

Unhealthy deficit: A mere 6 percent of milk demands is met locally
Unhealthy deficit: A mere 6 percent of milk demands is met locally

Botswana is still faced with a deficit in milk production as last year only four million litres were produced against the national demand of 65 million litres of milk per annum.

However, this reflected an improvement in the dairy production compared to the 2.4 million litres, which were produced during the same period in 2014.

Minister of Agriculture, Patrick Ralotsia told parliament on Tuesday that the increase might have been as a result of efforts they have been embarking on to help improve milk production in the country, which includes the introduction of the dairy-sexed semen.

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