August 6, 2012

Pakistan sets 3.3 million-tonne meat output

Pakistan has set meat production goal of nearly 3.3 million tonnes during the current financial year to satisfy the local and international demand.

An official in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research told Daily The Pak Banker here on Friday that meat production in the country was increased by 5.76% during last financial year.

As many as 3.2 million tonnes meat was produced during the year 2011-12 as against the set target of 3.0 million tonnes posting 5.76% increase in its production, he added.

He said that beef production target has been set at 1.8 million ton and mutton production at 0.643 million as against the last year's achievements of 1.76 million tonnes and 0.629 million tonnes respectively.

He said that beef and mutton production during the year 2011-12 had registered a growth of 4.7% and 3.4% respectively.

Meanwhile, poultry production is set to reach 0.937 million tonnes during the current financial year. The poultry production increased by 10% during the year 2011-12 as about 834 million ton poultry meat was produced against the set target of 758 million tonnes, he added.

The official further said that milk production is projected to touch 39.94 million tonnes target as compared to the last year's production of 38.69 million tonnes, while the egg production is expected to reach 13.81 million, showing 6.5% growth.

The target of other livestock production like fish are set at 0.729 million tonnes which deposited negative growth in its production during last financial year as it output was drooped by 24%.

As many as 0.262 million ton of inland and 0.467 tonnes of marine fish production is estimated during the year 2012-13 to fulfil the domestic consumption as well as to export, he remarked.