Zimbabwe's first quarter raw milk production declined marginally from the same period last year as the country's dairy industry continue to struggle under the current liquidity crunch.
Figures released by the Dairy Services Department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation reveals that production went down 1,9 percent to 13 million litres in 2014 from 13, 3 million litres in 2013. For the past decade, the country's dairy industry has been struggling and this has resulted in dairy companies failing to meet national demand of 120 million litres per annum.
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