Kingdom of Lesotho

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Mission: To coordinate the National Statistical System (NSS) and produce accurate, timely and reliable culturally relevant and internationally comparable statistical data for evidence-based planning, decision making, research, policy, program formulation and monitoring and evaluation to satisfy the needs of users and producers.

Statistical Report No:13 of 2013 LESOTHO LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 2010/2011

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Contents Page Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... i

List of Tables ............................................................................................................ ii

List of Figures .......................................................................................................... ii

1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................1

1.1 Data Collection ...................................................................................................1

1.2 Limitations .........................................................................................................1

2.0 Findings .............................................................................................................2

2.1 Milk Production ..................................................................................................2

2.1.1 Raw Milk ......................................................................................................2

2.1.2 Processed Milk..............................................................................................3

2.1.3 Imports of Milk Products ...............................................................................5

2.2 Meat Production .................................................................................................6

2.2.1 Slaughtered Animals .....................................................................................6

2.3 Egg Production ...................................................................................................6

2.3.1 Local Egg Production ....................................................................................6

2.3.2 Imports of Eggs.............................................................................................7

2.4 Wool and Mohair Production ...............................................................................8

2.4.1 Wool Production ...........................................................................................8

2.4.2 Mohair Production ........................................................................................9

Annex: Tables......................................................................................................... 11

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List of Tables Page

Table 2.1: Quantity of Milk Produced (Litres) by District and Type of Residence, 2010/11 Agricultural Year .......................................................................2

Table 2.2: Quantity and Percentage Distribution of Raw Milk Received (Litres) by Month, 2010/2011 Marketing Year ...........................................................3

Table 2.3: Quantity of Imported Milk Products (Litres) by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years .....................................................................5

Table 2. 4: Number of Slaughtered Animals by District and Type, 2010/2011 Agricultural Year ......................................................................................6

Table 2. 5: Number of Egg Produced by District, 2010/2011 Agricultural Year ............7

Table 2. 6: Number and Percentage Distribution of Imported Eggs (Trays) by Month, 2010/2011 Marketing Year.......................................................................7

Table 2. 7: Number of Shorn Sheep, Wool's Clean Yield and Production (kg) by District, 2010/2011 Marketing Year.......................................................................9

List of Figures

Figure 2.1: Percentage Distribution of Processed Milk by Month and Type, 2010/2011 Marketing Year ………………………………………………………………………….4

Figure 2.2: Percentage Distribution of Processed Milk by Year and Type, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years………………………………………………………….4

Figure 2.3: Percentage Distribution of Milk Products Imports, 2010/2011 Marketing Year…………………………………………………………………………………………5

Figure 2. 4: Percentage Distribution of Imported Eggs by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years ....................................................................8

Figure 2. 5: Percentage Distribution of Mohair Production by District, 2010/2011 Marketing Year .......................................................................................9

Figure 2. 6: Percenatage Distribution of Wool and Mohair Production by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years ............................................ 10

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1.0 Introduction The Bureau of Statistics (BOS) collects, compiles and analyses data on livestock products. The information covers livestock products for both Agricultural and Marketing Years. The Agricultural Year starts from the 1st August to the 31st March of the following year while Marketing Year commences from the 1st April to the 31st March of the following year. This report is for 2010/2011 Marketing and Agricultural Year. The livestock products covered in the report include the production of; Milk and Milk products, Meat and Meat products, Eggs, Wool and Mohair in the country. It also includes importation and exportation of some of these products.

1.1 Data Collection Data on livestock products is obtained from relevant ministries and other organizations in a form of secondary data. These sectors include Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security; Department of Livestock, Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives, Industry and Marketing; Department of Marketing and Lesotho National Dairy Board (LNDB). Some livestock products statistics are obtained from the Annual Agriculture Production Survey (APS) which is conducted by BOS. Some information on milk is collected from LNDB while data on imported eggs, wool and mohair is collected from Department of Marketing. Data on meat and meat products is obtained from Department of Livestock. Furthermore, all the imports covered in this report are from the Republic of South Africa and are collected from the Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives, Industry and Marketing; Department of Marketing. Local egg production, slaughtered animals and some of the milk data is obtained from the APS. This information is collected through face to face interviews from selected agricultural households or farming households for both rural and urban areas of the country.

1.2 Limitations Data on meat production is no longer available due to the closure of Maluti Highlands Abattoir; as a result information on production of meat is now collected at household level in the form of slaughtered animals. There is also under coverage in livestock products data because some of the imported or exported livestock products enter or exit the country without being declared. Imports of meat and meat products are not covered in this report.

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2.0 Findings The section of findings gives details on milk, eggs, meat, wool and mohair productions. They also include imports of some of these livestock products.

2.1 Milk Production This part provides information on the raw milk collected through APS as well as raw milk that was received by the Lesotho Dairy Products Company. Processed milk as well as imports of milk products are also covered.

2.1.1 Raw Milk Raw milk is the fresh milk that has not been processed. This part deals with raw milk data from APS and Lesotho National Dairy Board.

The data on raw milk produced by the farmers in the country for 2010/2011 Agricultural Year is presented in Table 2.1. This data covers both Urban and Rural parts of the country and has been collected through APS. During the year, 15 251 180 litres of milk were produced, with Urban contributing 63.7 percent. Maseru had the highest production (7 976 775 litres) for Rural and Urban.

Table 2.1: Quantity of Milk Produced (Litres) by District and Type of Residence, 2010/11 Agricultural Year

District Rural Urban Total

Botha-Bothe 403,185 0 403,185

Leribe 409,823 50,173 459,996

Berea 407,796 4,265,069 4,672,865

Maseru 3,606,197 4,370,578 7,976,775

Mafeteng 18,131 467,738 485,870

Mohale`s Hoek 316,704 37,157 353,861

Quthing 209,953 35,398 245,351

Qacha`s Nek 13,469 19,546 33,014

Mokhotlong 21,401 267,563 288,965

Thaba-Tseka 129,862 201,436 331,298

Lesotho 5,536,522 9,714,658 15,251,180

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Lesotho Dairy Products Company collects raw milk from local farmers countrywide. It also exports raw milk to the Republic of South Africa during the excessive collection and also imports if there is any shortage.

Table 2.2 presents raw milk received by Lesotho Dairy Products in 2010/2011 Marketing Year. A total of 2,264,695 litres of milk were received. Most litres of milk were collected in December (10.2 percent), followed by January with 10.0 percent. The collection of raw milk in June constituted 7.2 percent.

Table 2.2: Quantity and Percentage Distribution of Raw Milk Received (Litres) by Month, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Month Received Percentage

April 176,578 7.8

May 175,686 7.8

June 163,211 7.2

July 175,239 7.7

August 172,794 7.6

September 182,882 8.1

October 193,576 8.5

November 199,543 8.8

December 232,071 10.2

January 227,315 10.0

February 173,348 7.7

March 192,452 8.5

Total 2,264,695 100 Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

2.1.2 Processed Milk Lesotho Dairy Products Company processes raw milk into ‘Fresh Pasteurized’ and ‘Cultured Milk’ (Mafi). Figure 2.1 portrays the number of litres of processed milk by type. During the year, ‘Fresh Pasteurized milk’ was estimated at 963,144 litres and ‘Cultured milk’ was 1,507,216 litres as compared to 936,402 and 1,305,936 litres of the previous year respectively. The highest production of ‘Fresh Pasteurized milk’ was in September with 11.6 percent and November with 11.4 percent while the lowest production was in July with 3.0 percent. The production of ‘Cultured milk’ had proportions ranging from 6.1 percent in May to 10.9 percent in December.

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Figure 2.1: Percentage Distribution of Processed Milk by Month and Type, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

Figure 2.2 shows processed milk for four consecutive years. Production of ‘Fresh milk’ has been fluctuating over these years. In 2007/2008 ‘Fresh milk’ constituted 24.3 percent. It has increased by 17.3 percent from 2007/2008 to 2008/2009 Marketing Years and then decreased by 18.4 percent in 2009/2010 Marketing Year. In 2010/2011, there was an increase of 2.9 percent. On the other hand ‘Cultured milk’ has been increasing all through these years. In 2007/2008 Marketing Year, ‘Cultured milk’ constituted 21.7 percent. The highest increase was in 2010/2011 with 15.4 percent where 29.4 percent of ‘Cultures milk’ was recorded.

Figure 2.2: Percentage Distribution of Processed Milk by Year and Type, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years

Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

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2.1.3 Imports of Milk Products Milk products in this report include Yoghurt, Ice-cream and Custard. Figure 2.3 shows the percentage distribution of imported milk and milk products. Longlife milk was mostly imported during the year constituting 84.7 percent and Yoghurt was at 13.9 percent. Ice-Cream and Custard constituted 0.5 and 1.0 percent respectively. Figure 2.3: Percentage Distribution of Milk Products Imports, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

Table 2.3 presents imports of milk products by year and type from 2007/2008 to 2010/2011 Marketing Years. Throughout all these years Longlife was mostly imported (30,606,493litres), constituting 87.7 percent, followed by Yoghurt ( 3,834,977) with11.0 percent.

Table 2.3: Quantity of Imported Milk Products (Litres) by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years

Year Longlife Yoghurt Ice Cream Custard

2007/2008 6,414,060 747,578 55,305 39,737

2008/2009 8,061,646 846,635 50,749 54,177

2009/2010 8,697,532 1,027,858 64,112 56,648

2010/2011 7,433,255 1,212,906 48,122 83,450

Total 30,606,493 3,834,977 218,288 234,012 Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

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2.2 Meat Production In this report, meat production is manifested in the form of numbers of slaughtered animals in the rural areas of the country which was collected at household level.

2.2.1 Slaughtered Animals The slaughtered animals covered in the report are Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Pigs. Sheep were the most slaughtered animals constituting 41.9 percent while Goats were at 29.1 percent. Donkeys and Horses had smaller contribution at 1.0 and 0.8 percent respectively. Their distributions are presented in Table 2.4. Maseru had slaughtered more Cattle (4,319) while Thaba-Tseka had 748. Mokhotlong had 18,742 Sheep slaughtered, followed by Mafeteng with 10,967.

Table 2.4: Number of Slaughtered Animals by District and Type, 2010/2011 Agricultural Year

District Cattle Sheep Goats Horses Donkeys Pigs

Botha-Bothe 783 3,107 899 96 0 1,316

Leribe 3,485 9,036 5,558 833 309 4,485

Berea 3,160 3,930 4,217 293 392 6,276

Maseru 4,319 4,712 6,075 0 594 9,129

Mafeteng 2,865 10,967 4,241 99 297 1,664

Mohale`s Hoek 3,053 9,663 6,118 100 199 3,347

Quthing 1,144 5,953 11,770 0 0 2,027

Qacha`s Nek 1,772 10,351 5,769 0 0 1,275

Mokhotlong 1,166 18,742 8,857 0 0 350

Thaba-Tseka 748 4,746 2,976 82 82 605

Lesotho 22,496 81,207 56,479 1,502 1,872 30,473

2.3 Egg Production Egg production in this report comprises of locally produced and imported eggs. Data on local eggs were collected from local farmers through APS while imported eggs were from the Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives, Industry and Marketing.

2.3.1 Local Egg Production Egg production for locally produced eggs is presented in Table 2.5. A total of 27,140,378 eggs were produced during the year, with Rural constituting 99.5 percent. Leribe had the highest production of 25.2 percent. Berea and Maseru constituted 12.7 percent each. The lowest production of eggs was in Qacha’s Nek with 1.8 percent.

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Table 2.5: Number of Eggs Produced by District, 2010/2011 Agricultural Year

District Rural Urban Total Percentage

Botha-Bothe 2,346,403 7,230 2,353,633 8.7

Leribe 6,814,310 26,984 6,841,295 25.2

Berea 3,421,205 37,539 3,458,744 12.7

Maseru 3,413,349 32,474 3,445,823 12.7

Mafeteng 1,664,360 27,009 1,691,370 6.2

Mohale`s Hoek 2,782,699 6,210 2,788,909 10.3

Quthing 1,956,222 4,497 1,960,720 7.2

Qacha`s Nek 489,632 0 489,632 1.8

Mokhotlong 2,499,908 507 2,500,415 9.2

Thaba-Tseka 1,606,565 3,274 1,609,839 5.9

Lesotho 26,994,653 145,725 27,140,378 100

2.3.2 Imports of Eggs This section presents eggs imported into the country. Table 2.6 presents the number and percentage of eggs imported in 2010/2011 Marketing Year. A total of 77,497 eggs were imported during the year. Most eggs were imported in March (27.3 percent), followed by April with 19.3 percent. In October, the smallest number of eggs was imported constituting 1.4 percent. There were no imported eggs from November to January.

Table 2.6: Number and Percentage Distribution of Imported Eggs (Trays) by Month, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Month Eggs Percentage

April 14,988 19.3

May 14,425 18.6

June 2,548 3.3

July 11,567 14.9

August 6,163 8.0

September 2,880 3.7

October 1,076 1.4

November 0 0.0

December 0 0.0

January 0 0.0

February 2,700 3.5

March 21,150 27.3

Total 77,497 100 Source: Department of Marketing

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Figure 2.4 depicts the trend analysis of imported eggs from 2007/2008 to 2011/2011 Marketing Years. Most imports were experienced in 2008/2009 Marketing Year (44.7 percent) with an increase of 246.2 percent from the previous year. Thereafter, a decline was observed to 2010/2011. A decline of 46.3 and 24.0 percent were recorded in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 Marketing Years respectively.

Figure 2.4: Percentage Distribution of Imports of Eggs by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years

Source: Department of Marketing

2.4 Wool and Mohair Production The section covers wool and mohair production for the 2010/2011 Marketing Year.

2.4.1 Wool Production This part deals with wool production. Table 2.7 presents the number of shorn sheep, wool’s clean yield and production for 2010/2011 Marketing Year. During the year, a total of 1,179,477 sheep were shorn, producing 3,231,685kg of wool and its yield was estimated at 49.9 percent. Mokhotlong produced most wool constituting 19.9 percent; however its yield stood at 56.3 percent. Thaba-Tseka had 15.0 percent of wool production with the best yield of 57.0 percent. Berea contributed 3.5 percent in wool production.0

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Table 2.7: Number of Shorn Sheep, Wool's Clean Yield and Production (kg) by District, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

District Sheep Clean Yield (%) Production (kg) Percentage

Botha-Bothe 96,845 54.5 264,387 8.2

Berea 37,807 51.6 113,799 3.5

Leribe 85,075 34.6 244,165 7.6

Maseru 183,930 55.2 511,325 15.8

Mafeteng 51,501 51.9 141,628 4.4

Mohale's Hoek 91,434 52.3 234,985 7.3

Quthing 143,147 29.6 402,243 12.4

Qacha's Nek 73,743 45.8 191,732 5.9

Mokhotlong 224,380 56.3 643,971 19.9

Thaba-Tseka 191,585 57.0 484,710 15.0

Lesotho 1,179,447 49.9 3,231,685 100 Source: Department of Livestock

2.4.2 Mohair Production Mohair production is discussed in this part. Figure 2.5 shows the percentage distribution of mohair production. A total of 430,172kg of mohair was produced during 2010/2011 Marketing Year. Mokhotlong had the highest production of mohair constituting 23.2 percent while Mafeteng had the lowest with 2.2 percent.

Figure 2.5: Percentage Distribution of Mohair Production by District, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Source: Department of Livestock

Figure 2.6 depicts wool and mohair production for four consecutive years. From 2007/2008 to 2010/2011, wool production has been higher than mohair. Wool production has been fluctuating throughout these years. There was an increase of 19.6 percent of Wool from 2007/2008 (2,575,559kg) to 2008/2009 (3,080,599kg).

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Mohair production has been growing steadily. In 2008/2009, Mohair declined by 1.3 percent and thereafter, increased by 2.7 percent in 2009/2010 to 397,359kg. The highest increase in Mohair was in 2010/2011 constituting 8.3 percent.

Figure 2.6: Percentage Distribution of Wool and Mohair Production by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Years

Source: Department of Livestock

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Annex: Tables

Table LP 1: Quantity of Fresh Pasteurized and Cultured Milk by Month, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Month Fresh Milk Cultured Milk

April 84,228 126,249

May 97,780 92,419

June 71,495 95,869

July 29,294 94,659

August 93,787 108,122

September 111,272 145,972

October 81,260 162,774

November 109,864 138,655

December 37,052 163,587

January 55,787 128,452

February 103,905 121,539

March 87,420 128,919

Total 963,144 1,507,216 Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

Table LP 2: Quantity of Fresh Pasteurized and Cultured Milk by Year, 2007/2008 - 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Year Fresh Milk Cultured Milk

2007/2008 978,682 1,115,070

2008/2009 1,148,029 1,198,764

2009/2010 936,402 1,305,936

2010/2011 963,144 1,507,216

Total 4,026,257 5,126,986 Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

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Table LP 3: Quantity of Imported Milk Products (Litres) by Month, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

Month Longlife Yoghurt Ice Cream Custard

April 587,744 95,141 1,213 5,090

May 385,008 90,800 160 2,716

June 497,856 95,222 188 3,940

July 526,032 87,835 871 4,767

August 769,838 92,868 1,243 4,849

September 618,362 104,402 3,039 6,386

October 599,889 116,040 3,009 10,258

November 802,603 102,855 12,999 16,811

December 878,833 126,175 21,463 13,000

January 402,588 94,503 1,387 3,635

February 551,251 91,913 1,186 3,267

March 813,251 115,152 1,364 8,731

Total 7,433,255 1,212,906 48,122 83,450 Source: Lesotho National Dairy Board

Table LP 4: Number of Shorn Goats, Production and Clean Yield by District, 2010/2011 Marketing Year

District Nett Mass

(kg) Clean Mass Clean Yield Goats

Production (kg/sheep)

Overall Production

(kg)

Botha-Bothe

47,733

38,954

81.6

56,587

0.8

47,533

Berea

11,810

9,286

78.6

14,739

0.8

11,791

Leribe

33,085

26,739

80.8

37,866

0.9

32,943

Maseru

71,105

56,389

79.3

80,659

0.9

70,980

Mafeteng

9,598

7,560

78.8

13,024

0.7

9,638

Mohale's Hoek

32,650

24,379

74.7

48,198

0.7

32,775

Quthing

33,358

27,096

81.2

48,743

0.7

33,145

Qacha's Nek

23,496

19,482

82.9

30,118

0.8

23,492

Mokhotlong

99,766

81,733

81.9

89,729

1.1

99,599

Thaba-Tseka

69,311

51,893

74.9

74,788

0.9

69,553

Lesotho

431,911

343,510

79.5

494,451

0.87

430,172 Source: Department of Livestock

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Table LP 5: Quantity of Wool and Mohair Production (kg) by Year, 2007/2008 – 2010/2011 Agricultural Year Year Wool Mohair

2007/2008 2,575,559.33 392,217.76

2008/2009 3,080,599.10 387,033.10

2009/2010 2,945,341.00 397,359.00

2010/2011 3,231,684.78 430,172.37

Total 11,833,184.21 1,606,782.23 Source: Department of Livestock