DairyPost Africa Magazine_ May. 2014 | Page 13

African Dairy Outlook DairyPost Africa • May 2014 13 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