African Dairy Outlook
DairyPost Africa • May 2014
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MALAWI DAIRY INDUSTRY FACT SHEET
MALAWI DAIRY INDUSTRY Malawi Milk Producers Association
FACT SHEET
1. Contact details
Postal address: Box 376, Lilongwe, Malawi
Malawi Milk Producers Association
Physical address: Area 3, first road behind Lilongwe Hotel, Gate
1. Contact details
Postal address: Box 376, Lilongwe, Malawi
number 3 on the left
Physical address: Area 3, first road behind Lilongwe Hotel, Gate
Telephone number: (+265) 999 930 565
number 3 on the left
Fax number: n/a
Telephone number: (+265) 999 930 565
E-mail address: [email protected]
Fax number: n/a
http://malawimilkproducersassociation.weebly.com/index.html
E-mail address: [email protected]
2. Contact person
Herbert Chagona
http://malawimilkproducersassociation.weebly.com/index.html
National Director
2. Contact person
Herbert Chagona
3. Date of establishment
1985
National Director
5. NatureDate of establishment
Umbrella Organisation representing Dairy Associations in
3. of organisation
1985
Malawi Organisation representing Dairy Associations in
5. Nature of organisation
Umbrella
6. Country
Malawi
Malawi
7. Production Numbers
6. Country
Malawi29,183,000 litres Milk Production per year
Average production Production perlitres/day
7. Production Numbers
29,183,000 litres Milk per cow 5.3 year
The informal market represents about 45% of the total
Average production per cow 5.3 litres/day
Imports of milk and milk powder is45%around 50%
The informal market represents about at of the total
Total consumption perpowder is at around 50%
Imports of milk and milk capita is at 5 litres/capita
Total consumption per capita is at 5 litres/capita
8. Number of Dairy Cows
Around 16000
9.Production systems which are
8. Number of Dairy Cows
Around 16000
78% of the milk is produced by smallholder farmers
prevalent
9.Production systems which are
with of the milk is produced by remainder farmers
78% one or two cows. The smallholder is from
prevalent
commercial farmers The remainder is from
with one or two cows.
commercial farmers
10. The consumption/market
The average consumption is 65,000 tonnes/year based
10. The consumption/market
on an average consumption of 5tonnes/year based
The average consumption is 65,000 litres/capita/year
channels and the pattern (formal
channels and the pattern (formal
on an average consumption of 5 litres/capita/year
and informal segments)
11. Theand informal segments)
processing capacities
Utilization capacity of the total processing capacity is
11. The processing capacities
at 35% capacity of the total processing capacity is
Utilization
installed and the approximate
installed and the approximate
at 35%
utilization
12. Theutilization milk imports in
status of
30,000 tonnes, 86% in powder form
12.
30,000 tonnes, 86% in powder form
country The status of milk imports in
country
13. What does the future hold for
There is a wide open market for increased local
13. What does the future
production if reasonable farm gate prices for raw milk
There is a wide open market for increased local
the dairy farmers, processorshold for
the dairy farmers, processors
production if reasonable farm gate prices for raw milk