Thread by @AgribusinessZim

Pork Sector Market Watch: First Quarter 2021
- LMAC
Pig production in Zimbabwe is practised by small, medium and large-scale commercial producers in all provinces of Zimbabwe. #agribusinesstalk (1/8)

The Mashonaland provinces dominate in terms of producer areas as determined by slaughter statistics from registered abattoirs, accounting for approximately 90%. #agribusinesstalk (2/8)

About 80% of pig producers are small scale, however in terms of pigs slaughtered large-scale abattoirs account for over 70%.

Main challenges in pig pdn include inferior breeds, unavailability of funding, high feed and drug costs, persistent droughts, #agribusinesstalk (3/8)

lack of management skills, insufficient extension services, and marketing policy bottlenecks. Another challenge is the shortage of electricity, most piglets die from cold, and crushing by the sow as they try to seek warmth from the sow. #agribusinesstalk (4/8)

Cumulative pig slaughters for the first quarter of 2021 were 45,246 head, 4% lower than the corresponding period in 2019 and 21% greater than in 2018. The slaughters were the second-highest for any first quarter period since 2013. #agribusinesstalk (5/8)

LMAC Small holder pig producers are reportedly struggling to access maize as GMB has not availed any allocation and current legislation makes it illegal to purchase directly from maize farmers. #agribusinesstalk (6/8)

This segment is the most vulnerable, supply bottlenecks of raw materials are routinely experienced. This has resulted in escalating cost structures that producers encounter challenges to pass onto the consumer, #agribusinesstalk (7/8)

whose disposable incomes have to contend with an inflationary environment. #agribusinesstalk (8/8)