Agricultural and Fish Production: January - June 2022
Highlights
1. Sugar cane
At the end of June 2022, some 326 hectares under sugar cane for crop 2022 were harvested, yielding 24,141 tonnes of sugar cane and 2,117 tonnes of sugar. The corresponding figures for the same period of 2021 were 511 hectares, 38,081 tonnes of sugar cane and 4,401 tonnes of sugar respectively. The average extraction rate as at end of June 2022 was 7.34%, lower than the 7.80% as at end of June 2021.
The latest estimate of Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture for the production of sugar for the 2022 crop is 240,000 tonnes, representing a decrease of 6.2%, compared to 255,818 tonnes for 2021.
2. Tea
At the end of June 2022, area under tea plantation was 669 hectares, representing a decrease of 2.3% over the figure of 685 hectares during the same period of 2021. However, the production of green tea leaves went up by 22.8% from 2,855 tonnes in the first semester of 2021 to 3,506 tonnes in the first semester of 2022. The production of manufactured tea decreased by 9.0% from 657 tonnes to 598 tonnes.
3. Food crops
The area harvested under food crops for open fields decreased by 3.4% from 3,281 hectares in the first semester of 2021 to 3,170 hectares in the same period of 2022. Production decreased by 8.2% from 37,768 tonnes to 34,665 tonnes.
The area harvested under food crops for under covered cultures increased by 72.0% from 25 hectares in the first semester of 2021 to 43 hectares in the same period of 2022. Production increased by 69.8% from 3,020 tonnes to 5,128 tonnes.
The total area harvested under food crops decreased by 2.9% from 3,307 hectares in the first semester of 2021 to 3,212 hectares in the same period of 2022. The production went down by 2.4% from 40,788 tonnes to 39,792 tonnes.
4. Livestock
During the first six months of 2022, beef production from live cattle was 1,134 tonnes, 9.0% higher than the production of 1,040 tonnes in the same period of 2021. Production of beef from the slaughter of imported cattle increased by 5.7% and that of local beef went up from 7 tonnes to 42 tonnes.
Production of goat meat and mutton went up by 4.5% and that of pork increased by 48.4%.
5. Poultry
The production of poultry increased by 18.7% from 22,500 tonnes in the first semester of 2021 to 26,700 tonnes during the same period of 2022.
6. Fish
Fish production decreased by 14.7% from 14,132 tonnes in the first six months of 2021 to 12,048 tonnes in the same period of 2022. Production of other catch (tuna, bank etc) drop by 16.8% and that of fresh coastal fish increased by 40.4%.
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23 September 2022
