ZIMBABWE – The country’s milk production is on the rise despite the devastating drought which left more than 5.5 million people in need of food aid.
Cynthiah Kipkorir (right) and Felix Kibet, both clerks at the Metkei Multipurpose Company Limited, pour milk through a cloth strainer into a container in Kamwosor Centre village on Monday May 16, 2011.
Official government figures show that Zimbabwe’s milk output from January to September 2016 stood at 48.6 million litres, 14.2 per cent higher than the 42.6 million litres produced during the same period in 2015.
On a quarterly basis, milk output increased by 5.5 per cent to 16.8 million litres from July 2016 to September 2016, following a 0.13 per cent decline in the previous quarter.
Source: Daily News
