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CENSUS RESULTS58cow per day (in smallholders the production was 1.6 liters per cow per day). During the dry season the production droppedto 38,804 liters from 11,604 cows. The production per day was 3 liters per cow per day. The average milk production perfarm per day during wet season was 74 liters whilst during dry season was 62 liters. In the dry season the number of farmsproducing milk dropped to 622.The main milk producing regions (large scalefarms) in the country are Iringa with 22 percent ofthe total cow milk in the wet season, followed byMorogoro (13%), Coast (10%) <strong>and</strong> Dar es Salaam(8%). The lowest amount of milk was produced inRukwa (0.5%) <strong>and</strong> Singida (0.5%), (Chart 2.149).During the dry season the main milk producingregion was Arusha (21%) followed by Kilimanjaro(18%). Singida was the smallest producer (0.3%).Prices differ considerably between regions. In mostcases, in regions where the production level isrelatively low or where the dem<strong>and</strong> is very high theaverage price per litre is considerably high. Withthe exception of Lindi, Mtwara, Iringa, Singida <strong>and</strong>Rukwa the price of milk per litre is higher duringthe dry season. In most of the regions there waslittle difference in the price between the wet <strong>and</strong>dry season except in Lindi, Dar es Salaam <strong>and</strong>Kagera, (Chart 2.150).3.2.2 Egg productionThe number of eggs produced by large scale farmsper day was 50,947 of which 29,748 (58.4%) eggswere sold <strong>and</strong> 21,199 (41.6%) eggs wereconsumed. Most of the eggs produced in largescale farms were from Dar es Salaam (19.3%),Iringa 18.1%) <strong>and</strong> Mwanza (12.9%). Thisrepresents 50.2 percent of the total eggs productionper day in large scale farms (Chart 2.1513)Litres / DayNumber of Eggs12,00010,000RegionPrice / Litre (Tshs.)8,0006,0004,0002,000500450400350300250200150100500Region12,00010,0008,0006,0004,0002,00000IringaMorogoroCoastDar es Salaam IringaCoastMwanzaChart 2.149: Cow Milk Production per Day by RegionDar es SalaamKilimanjaroCoastMorogoroKilimanjaro MorogoroArusha TangaDodoma ArushaDodomaTang aChart 2.151: Number of Eggs Produced per day by RegionNumber of Eggs SoldArushaKilimanjaroTangaRuvumaMaraMwanzaManyaraRuvumaMorogoroMbeyaTangaKigomaShinyangaRegionLitres/Day(Wet Season)MbeyaShinyangaKigomaMtwaraTaboraDodomaChart 2.150: Cow Milk Price per Litre by RegionCoastDar es SalaamDar es SalaamLind iDodomaArushaKilimanjaroTangaMorogoroCoastDar es SalaamLindiMtwaraRuvumaLind i RuvumaMtwaraMtwaraRuvumaIring aIring aMbeyaMbeyaSingidaSingidaKigomaTab oraRukwaTab oraRukwaIringaMbeyaSingidaTaboraRukwaKigomaValue per litre (Wet Season)Number of Eggs Consumed/UtilizedArushaDodomaManyaraKilimanjaroTaboraSingidaMtwaraMaraLindiRukwaKageraLindiKageraRukwaSingidaLitres/Day(Dry Season)KigomaMwanzaShinyangaShinyangaMaraKag eraKag eraShinyangaKageraMwanzaMaraManyaraMwanzaManyaraManyaraMaraValue per litre (Dry Season)Tanzania <strong>Agriculture</strong> Sample Census – 2003

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