AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN

MAURITIUS:(MMA, TOBACCO BOARD AND TEA

BOARD)

By

Raman Ibrahim Nawaal (1245041)

Ramjaun Bibi Raïssounnissah (1210703)

Jolicoeur Clifford (1200195)

Mauritius Meat Authority

History Established in 1974 by the Meat

Act, the Mauritius Meat Authority started its operations in 1978

Actual General manager – Mr. A. Balgobin

Mission Provide sufficient, safe

and quality meat and meat products for marketing

Mauritius Meat Authority

Roles, Function & Powers Establish and manage abattoirs, monitor slaughter

and release of carcasses for sale

Deliver licences for meat sale

Promote marketing of meat, meat products and by-products; specially local meat.

Monitor import of livestock for slaughter

Fix price of meat and meat products

Mauritius Meat Authority

Target groups

Licenced butchers in Mauritius

Hotels

Companies & enterprises specialized in meat processing

HistoryFirst parastatal body set up

in Mauritius under the Tobacco Production and Marketing Ordinance of 1930

In 1972,the Tobacco Board was reconstituted by an amendment of the Tobacco Producing and Marketing Act.

In 1998,the Board took over the licensing of imports of tobacco products from the Import Control Section of the Ministry of Commerce.

To provide quality services and products to all partners of the local tobacco industry

Mission

Board members

Chairman - Mr.  Rishi Kumar CHOONY, M.S.K.

General manager - Mr. H. Ramahotar

Control the production and sale of tobacco

Classify cigarettes to be sold locally into different categories

Control the import of leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco and tobacco products

Licence imports of tobacco products

Roles & Function

Target groups

Tobacco farmers

Tobacco manufacturers

Tea BoardHistory

Established by the Tea Industry Control Act 1975

It established itself under Ordinance 29 of 1959and came into force in 1960

Mission To promote and

encourage co-operation, education, research and development in relation to the production and marketing of tea

Regulate and control the activities of the tea industry and promote local tea marketing

Tea BoardBoard members

General Manager - Mr. A. Seepergauth

Representative of planters and metayers – Mr. P. Muniah

Roles & Function Protection of the

tea industry

Find ways to increase output of tea production

Develop adequate marketing strategies for tea sale

Tea BoardTarget groups

Tea planters

Tea manufacturers

References

Tea Boardhttp://www.gov.mu/portal/site/teaboard/menuitem.a338b07602f14a52d252d51048a521ca/

Ministry of Agro-industry and Food Security, Mauritius Meat Authority

http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/agroind/?content_id=66a15533c1adc010VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD

Tobacco Boardhttp://tobaccoboard.intnet.mu/ 

Tea Board Incentives, Facilities and Services in the Agricultural Sector