An official in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research told APP here on Thursday that meat production in the country was increased by 5.76 percent during last financial year.

As many as 3.2 million ton meat was produced during the year 2011-12 as against the set target of 3.0 million tons posting 5.76 percent increase in its production, he added.

He said that beef production target has been set at 1.8 million ton and mutton production at 0.643 million as against the last year's achievements of 1.76 million tons and 0.629 million tons respectively.

He said that beef and mutton production during the year 2011-12 had registered a growth of 4.7 percent and 3.4 percent respectively.

Meanwhile, poultry production is set to reach 0.937 million tons during the current financial year. The poultry production increased by 10 percent during the year 2011-12 as about 834 million ton poultry meat was produced against the set target of 758 million tons, he added.

The official further said that milk production is projected to touch 39.94 million tons target as compared to the last year's production of 38.69 million tons, while the egg production is expected to reach 13.81 million, showing 6.5 percent growth.

The target of other livestock production like fish are set at 0.729 million tons which deposited negative growth in its production during last financial year as it output was drooped by 24 percent.

As many as 0.262 million ton of inland and 0.467 tons of marine fish production is estimated during the year 2012-13 to full fill the domestic consumption as well as to export, he remarked.