Total Economic Value of Wetlands Products and Services in Uganda

Table 8

Gross monetary value addition from wetlands through milk production in Uganda.

Variables	Southwestern farmlands	Lake Victoria crescent	Kyoga plains	Overall
Total number of cattle	330,337	114,769	136,225	581,331
Number of milked cows*	56,100	22,290	12,600	90,990
Average milk production per cow per week (litres)*	7.1	25.6	5.3	19.0
Total annual milk production (litres)	20,566,260	29,672,448	3,472,560	89,779,833
Percentage attributed to wetlands	10	10	10	10
Milk production assessed to wetlands (litres)	2,056,626	2,967,245	347,256	8,977,983
Price of milk (US$)	0.13	0.13	0.15	0.14
Gross value of milk production per annum (US$)	257,078	398,798	51,394	1,219,210

∗Derived from MAAIF and UBOS, 2009 [15].