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AGRICULTURAL AND FISH PRODUCTION Year 2015 Introduction This issue of the Economic and Social Indicators presents data on agricultural and fish production for the Island of Mauritius for year 2015, as well as revised figures for year 2014.

Table 1 shows area harvested and production in respect of the main agricultural crops while Table 2 shows production of the main agro-industrial products.

Details on the sugar industry and food crops are given in Tables 3 and 5 respectively.

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Sugar cane The production of sugar cane went down by 0.9% from 4,044,422 tonnes in 2014 to 4,009,232 tonnes in 2015.

However, the area harvested increased by 3.3% from 50,694 hectares in 2014 to 52,387 hectares in 2015, resulting in a decrease of 4.1% in the yield of sugar cane from 79.78 tonnes per hectare in 2014 to 76.53 in 2015.

The production of sugar, went down by 8.5% from 400,173 tonnes in 2014 to 366,070 tonnes in 2015.
Compared to 9.91% in 2014, the average extraction rate was 9.14% in 2015 representing a decrease of 7.8%.

This is mainly due to excessive rainfall coupled with delayed harvest (exceptionally extended to the first week of February 2016).

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Tea The area under tea plantation in 2015 was 574 hectares, representing a decrease of 14.6% over the figure of 672 hectares in 2014.
The production of green tea leaves went down by 11.5% from 7,607 tonnes in 2014 to 6,732 tonnes in 2015 mainly due to unfavourable climatic conditions.

Production of manufactured tea decreased by 13.9% from 1,504 tonnes in 2014 to 1,295 tonnes in 2015.

Further details on tea production are given in Table 4.

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Tobacco There was no production of tobacco leaves in 2014 and 2015.

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Food crops Data on food crops (except paddy rice) production, are supplied by the Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (FAREI, ex-AREU).

Figures are thereafter adjusted to take into account backyard production of banana, eddoes, manioc and sweet potato.

Data on paddy rice was obtained from concerned establishment.

The area under foodcrops harvested decreased by 3.8% from 8,459 hectares in 2014 to 8,137 hectares in 2015.
Production of foodcrops decreased by 11.8% from 113,957 tonnes to 100,528 tonnes in 2015, mainly explained by the combined effects of unfavourable climatic conditions and decreases of 24.3% and 22.7% in the production of potato and tomato respectively in 2015 compared to 2014.

It is to be noted that area under rice cultivation harvested declined by 17.5% from 412 hectares in 2014 to 340 hectares in 2015.
The production of paddy rice went down by 44.6% from 1,186 tonnes to 657 tonnes during the same period explained by the combined effects of unfavourable climatic conditions and of brown spot disease.

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Livestock 2 Data on production of beef, goat meat, mutton and pork are supplied by the Mauritius Meat Authority.

It is to be noted that these data represent only animals slaughtered by the Central Abattoir, including live animals imported from Rodrigues and other countries for slaughter.
In 2015, the production of beef from live cattle was 2,013 tonnes, which is 2.9% higher than the figure of 1,956 tonnes registered in 2014.

Beef production from the slaughter of imported cattle, accounting for 95.6% of the total production, increased by 1.5% from 1,895 tonnes to 1,924 tonnes.

Local beef production went up by 45.9% from 61 tonnes to 89 tonnes.

The production of goat meat and mutton went down by 6.7% from 45 tonnes in 2014 to 42 tonnes in 2015.
The share of local production, inclusive of Rodrigues stood at 92.9 %.

The production of pork increased by 0.5% from 557 tonnes in 2014 to 560 tonnes in 2015.

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Poultry The production of poultry decreased by 2.3% from 47,500 tonnes in 2014 to 46,400 tonnes in 2015.

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Fish Total fish production went up by 2.2% from 12,376 tonnes in 2014 to 12,650 tonnes in 2015.
This increase was attributable to a rise of 1.1% in the production of other catch (tuna, bank etc) from 10,967 tonnes in 2014 to 11,091 tonnes in 2015 coupled with an increase of 10.6% in the production of fresh coastal fish catch from 1,409 tonnes in 2014 to 1,559 tonnes in 2015.
Statistics Mauritius Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Port Louis March 2016 CONTACT PERSONS: Mr. B. Unmar Senior Statistician Mr. D. Chinnee Senior Statistical Officer Agriculture Unit Statistics Mauritius 5th Floor, LIC Centre Port Louis Tel.

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(230) 213-0234/(230) 213-6535 Email: cso_agriculture @govmu.org Website: http://statsmauritius.govmu.org 3 Table 1 - Agricultural crops: Area harvested and production, 2014 - 2015 Crops 2014 1 2015 2 Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Sugar cane 50,694 4,044,422 52,387 4,009,232 Tea (green leaves) 672 3 7,607 574 3 6,732 Tobacco - - - - Food crops 8,459 113,957 8,137 100,528 1 Revised 2 Provisional 3 Area under cultivation - No production Table 2 - Production of agro-industrial products, 2014 - 2015 Unit tonnes 2014 1 2015 2 400,173 366,070 " " " " " " " " " 1,504 1,295 1,956 2,013 (61) (89) (1,895) (1,924) 45 (33) (12) 557 42 (39) (2) 560 47,500 46,400 000 Litres 5,000 4,500 tonnes 12,376 12,650 " " (1,409) (1,559) (10,967) (11,091) Agro-industrial products Sugar Tea (manufactured) Beef 3 Local (including Rodrigues) Imported Goat meat and mutton 3 Local (including Rodrigues) Imported Pork 3 Poultry meat Milk Fish 4 Coastal Other 1 Revised 2 Provisional 3 Abattoir slaughters only 4 Fresh weight equivalent 4 Table 3.1 - Sugar Industry - Field statistics, 2014 - 2015 2014 1 2015 2 Ownership Area harvested (hectares) Cane produced (tonnes) Yield per hectare (tonnes) Area harvested (hectares) Cane produced (tonnes) Yield per hectare (tonnes) Estate 26,422 2,309,190 87.39 28,315 2,399,451 84.74 Metayers 623 32,380 51.96 567 28,781 50.79 Planters 23,648 1,702,852 72.03 23,505 1,581,001 67.26 Total 50,694 4,044,422 79.78 52,387 4,009,232 76.53 ¹ Revised 2 Provisional Table 3.2 - Sugar Industry - Factory statistics, 2014 - 2015 Details Unit 2014 1 2015 2 Canes crushed tonnes 4,038,906 4,004,301 Extraction rate (commercial sugar recovered % cane) % 9.91 9.14 Average polarisation degrees 98.50 98.50 Average yield of sugar tonnes/ hectare 7.89 6.99 Average tonnes of cane for one tonne of sugar tonnes 10.09 10.94 Production of sugar (Plantation White Sugar 3) ( Special) Molasses " " " " 400,173 366,070 (298,989) (268,460) (101,184) (97,610) 138,441 132,244 1 Revised 2
 Provisional 3 A processed raw sugar used to manufacture refined white sugar 5 Table 4 - Tea - Production of green leaves by type of producer, 2014 - 2015 Type of Producer 2014 2015 1 (Tonnes) Estates Metayers 1,137 1,001 2,111 1,691 Free planters 3,232 2,922 ` Planters in Co-operatives Societies 1,127 1,118 TOTAL 7,607 6,732 1 Provisional Table 5 - Foodcrops: area harvested, production and yield per hectare, 2014 - 2015 6 2014 1 2015 2 Foodcrops Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Yield per hectare (tonnes) Area harvested (hectares) Production (tonnes) Yield per hectare (tonnes) Potato 821 19,404 23.6 659 14,693 22.3 Rice (paddy) 412 1,186 2.9 340 657 1.9 Maize 69 625 9.1 71 451 6.4 Groundnut 240 618 2.6 99 173 1.7 Onion 282 5,912 21.0 303 7,009 23.1 of which hybrid (158) (3,808) 24.1 (275) (6,509) 23.7 Ginger Garlic Chillies Tomato 34 535 15.6 52 553 10.6 27 163 6.0 13 85 6.5 306 1,670 5.5 273 1,491 5.5 857 10,997 12.8 740 8,504 11.5 of which hybrid (822) (10,629) 12.9 (682) (8,033) 11.8 Beans and Peas 302 1,436 4.8 270 1,247 4.6 Cabbage 229 4,279 18.7 240 3,870 16.1 Cauliflower 115 2,105 18.3 106 1,921 18.1 Brinjal Creepers 3 288 3,549 12.3 270 2,504 9.3 2,454 29,376 12.0 2,564 25,821 10.1 Mixed vegetables 4 1,108 12,480 11.3 1,115 11,531 10.3 Banana 464 8,833 19.0 502 8,399 16.7 Pineapple 450 10,788 24.0 520 11,619 22.3 Total food crops 8,459 113,957 13.5 8,137 100,528 12.4 Source: Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (FAREI) and Statistics Mauritius estimates 1 Revised 2 Provisional 3 Includes Bittergourd,Calabash,Chouchou,Courgette,Cucumber,Patole,Pipengaille,Pumpkin,Squash and Voehm 4 Includes Beet, Broccoli, Carrot, Echalotte, Eddoes, Ladies Finger, Leek, Lettuce, Manioc, Petsai, Sweet Pepper and Sweet Potato