Sri Lanka - Agricultural sector survey (Vol. 4 of 4) : Annexes 4-7

DOCUMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Not For Public Use Repon No. PA-J.34a AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SURVEY THE REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA (in four volumes) VO]l.ITMF TV (Annexes 4 - 7) February 8, 1973 ASITA PROJEIC TS flnAnmtrr ITlijS report was prepared for official use only by the Bank Group. It may not be published. quoted or cited without Bank Group authorization. The Bank Group does not accept responsibility for the K accuracy or completeness of the report.  .T ^%c!c A flV CURRENCY EQJIVALENTS Par-Rate:. US$1.00 - Rs 5.95 Rs 1.00 - US$ 0.17 FEEC Rate: US$1.00 - Rs 9.23 Rs 1.00 - USSO.10 WEIGHT AND MEASURES (3ritish system) 1 long ton - 2240 lbs - 1.016 metric tons 1 hundredweight (cwt)- 112 lbs - 50.8 kg 1 bushel (bu) - 45 lbs (of paddy) 1 pint - 0.57 liters 1 acre a 0.405 hectares ABBREVIATIONS NPE - Ministry of Planning and Employment MAL Ministrv of Apriculture and Lands, tEIp n Ministry of Plantation Industries MIPH a Ministrv of Irrication. Power and Hirht.iays MFIT m Ministry of Forcign and Internal Trade C!d - Cnopenrative ho].esale EFtahlishment GPS = Guaranteed Price Scheme FE~~~^' Forr-i-r. E-channe Enti tlement Cravifir.a-e  THE REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA AGRICaLTURAL SECTOR SURVEY ANNEX 4 LIVESTOCK AND SERICULTURE   THE RE;PUBLIC OF SRI LANKA AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SURVEY VOL-UamE IV T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S AN-Nu 4: Livestock and Sericulture A. Livestock B. Sericulture ANNEX 5: The Fishery Sector ANNEX 6: Government Policies ANNEX 7: Statistical Appendix   THE REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA AGRICULTURAL SECTOR SURVEY ANNEX 4 LIVESTOCK AND SERICULTURE TABLE OF CONTENTS Pgge No. A. LIVESTOCK Livestock- ........ . Background ........ . , ........ * 1 Producticin Areas - . . . ..... 5 Production Systems . .... . ....... 9 ProceRssing, Marketing and Prces ........15 Feed Concentrate Supplies .. . .... 18 Tnatfitut.inal Suppo:t .... 4-6................. 23 Constraints to Development ...... ................. 26 Gorverrent Programs .. ................. . . Strategy for Development ....................... 30 nrosests . ...................... 33 App-endix- 1. E9st6l-mat:es of Production and Consumption of Livestock Products Appendix 2. Calculations of Poultry Production B SERP, i C ICU LTU% Cors; Ba.kgroun1 ...........*.... ......... 1...*.......* 1 Present Sitwation. ........ .0s-.* .@...... 1 Developmenmt Proposals .... . ......... . . . ....... .4.. . ..* 3 C^rnclusions ............. ........0...... 0.... O................ S Appendix 1. Comparative Silk Production Efficiency   ANNEX 4 Pg,e. 1 THE REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA A L% flT OtQT r%-LV L% t rbtfo LIVESTOCK AND SERICULTURE A. Livestock Background 1. Livestock is a minor sector in Sri Lanka's economy accounting for only albout 7% of the gross value of agricultural production. Total livestock output increased a little over 4% annually during the 1960's according to ofllcial statiStiCs, DUE this growth was concentrated in the early 1960's, and livestock output has not kept pace with population growth since 1965. Livestock products account ror only about 6X of all food protein consumed in Sri Lanka, less than half as much as fish. 2. Sri Lanka has potential for greatly expanding livestock production, even to the extent of eventually becoming a meat exporter. Milk and beeE output can be greatly increased by establishing improved pastures on much of the three million acres of native pastures and parklands used only foir extensive grazing. Local livestock could be upgraded to utilize improved pastur,es but stock imports also would be needed to utilize increasing feed supplies. Opportunities for rapid growth are best in the poultry and pi, industries where improvements in production efficiency could be achieved by better use of rice bran and other by-product feedstuffs. Increased outpult of maize, sorghum, manioc and soyabeans would reduce dependence on feed imports. 3. Statistical information about the livestock industry is conflicting and needs to be improved. Official livestock statistics based on annual returns filed by village headmen indicate that numbers of all classes of livestock increased from 1960 to 1965, except sheep, and have declined suib- stantially since 1965, except poultry (Table 1). Slaughter of all classes of livestock have increased in recent years. Cattle and buffalo slaughter reached a peak in 1969, sheep and goats in 1968 and poultry and pigs in 1967 and then decreased in 1970. Milk production appears to have followed a similar trend (Annex 7, Table 3.21).  .%Th,I,W A. Page 2 Table 1: LIVESTOCK POPULATION BY CLASS OF STOCK 1960 1965 1970 -----Thousand of Head---- Cattle 1,552 1,904 1,593 Bffaloes 813 1,051 736 Goats 491 600 556 Sheep 52 35 27 Pigs 76 117 108 Poult ,3 ,409 6;090 6,856 Source: Village Headmenus Returns as reported by Dept. of Census and Statistics in Statistical Annex, Table 3.20. 4. Consumpt.on and Dezand Estimates. Data on production are derived from consumption daita. It is assumed that production and consumption are identical except for known quantities of imported dairy products and very small meat imports (Table 2). Milk consumption estimates shown here for 1970 are based on consumption levels reported in the 1963 consumer survey. Consumption maintained at 1963 per capita levels gives an estimated total of 456 million pints in 1970 consisting of 275 million pints produced locally and 182 million pints imported in milk powder and milk foods (Table 3).  ANNEX 4 Page 3 Table 2: CONSTJMPTION AND DEMAND ESTIMATES FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS Consumptian Survey/ Mid-Term Plan- Demand Projections- 1953 1963 1970 1970 1976 1i5) 1976 1980 ---------Totals------ Milk pints million 270.9 386.2 n.a. 457.0 517.0 533.0 708.0 856.0 Beef lbs million J 52.9 60.1 62.3 71.0 67.4 81.8 92.9 Mutton lbs million )57.1 13.0 10.5 14.7 16.2 16.5 20.1 22.9 Pig meat lbs rLllUnn ! 5.9 6.0 7.3 17.0 7.5 9.1 10.3 Poultry meat lhb million) 5 3 5.1 8.8 14.8 7.0 R.6 g.8 Eggs million 131 194 269 278 342 272 376 465 ----------------