Outspan and Kano Dairy have stepped up development of local dairy industry
This is it. The private sector’s participation in the agriculture sector can help the smallholder farmers operating in the production segment of the value chain have access to a ready market for their produce. The challenges hampering productivity in the local dairy sector are numerous. Highlighting these challenges, Dr Musa Suleiman, a dairy consultant who has worked on World Bank-assisted agriculture development projects, said, “When you look at the dairy industry in Nigeria there are about three to four key challenges confronting local dairy farmers. One is low milk yield associated with lack of access to affordable quality feed all year round and poor cow breeds. Two is poor pricing of fresh milk.
The centers are equipped with adequate cooling systems powered by off-grid equipment to preserve the milk quality for off-takers. It has provided quality animal feed and carried out artificial insemination, vaccination exercises to improve the health of cows and their productivity level. With the intervention of Outspan Nigeria Limited, we have been able to achieve this aim by securing motorbikes and tricycles, which have been issued out to the youth vendors to go to the Fulani clusters and collect the milk for processing at the milkPresently, the firm is extending its impact in the dairy sector. In December 2022, it renewed the Memorandum of Understanding with KADALCU to deepen the scale and impact of its backward integration programme in the sector.
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