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Sectorial Data

Year: 2011

1. Livestock numbers

Cattle

429500 female units

With  221500 pure breed
 208000 local and cross

Sheep

3964000 female units

 

Goats

703600 female units

Rabbits

70000 female units

40000 Traditioal sector

 

30000 Modern sector

Camels

80000 productive female units

 

Apiculture

207100 bee hives

With  205000 modern bee hives
       

2100 traditional bee hives

Aviculure

9131000 Egg layers

Traditional sector 2773000

Modern sector 6358000

72516000 Meat chicken

Traditional sector 1522000

Modern sector 73681000

2. Production :

Meat

* Cattle
* Sheep
* Goats
* Other red meat
* Chicken
* Turkey
* Rabbits
* Camelide

54000 tons
50000 tons
9000 tons
8000 tons
112800 tons
42300 tons
1930 tons
3800 tons

Milk

* Cattle
* Sheep

1076000 tons
20000 tons

The collected quantity through national milk collect network

is 664.4 million liters  which represents 60.6% of the national production.

Eggs

 

1700000000 units

Honey

 

1440 tons

3. Importation :

Cattle's red meat

* Frozen

1000 boneless tons

* Cold meat

No imports

* Calves

14840 calf's head

 

4. Other Indicators  :

Livestock Artificial Inssemination cover rate

Pure Breed

79.2%

Local and crossed Breed

27.3%

National rate

53.70%

Average productivy of ( pure breed cattle instate and farms)

-selected database 5875 liters

Livestock holders

Number of Cattle farmers

112100

Number of Sheep farmers

273900

Number of Goats farmers

141100

Number of Camelide farmers

2300

Number of Milk processing plants

11 with processing capacity of 2188000 liters

Number of Milk collecting centers

230 obtaining health approval until the end of december 2010

Number of cheeses factories

42

Milk Drying Unit

1 with capacity of 150000 liters/day

Place of the Agricultural sector in the national Economy

* Total Agricultural value

38%

5. Forage crops :

Fall crops

322680 hectares in which 47000 ha irrigated

Spring (summer) crops

20760 hectares

6. Rangelands :

Rangelands' total area

5500000 hectares

Forest

970000 hectares

Collective rangelands

2500000 hectares

Private rangelands

1200000 hectares

Undivided rangelands

85000 hectares

Alfa(Stipa tenascissima)

743300 hectars

7. Forage Production :

Hay

596140 tons

Silage

424060 tons

Green fodder

2678570 tons

Summer forage

893300 tons

8. By-Products :

Straw

1400000 tons

Tomato pulp

428000 tons

Olive cake

297000 tons

9. Agglomerated feed (concentrate): :

Agglomerated feed

1670000 tons

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