Eaddnews issue9 2012 email

East Africa Dairy Development News Volume 9 1

East Africa Dairy Development Project

Volume 9

Supporting Innovation

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Farming at the Finger tip

School dropout Innovating Affordable Dairy Machin-eries

Computers and Cows: Creating the Link

Interview: Smart Farmer UNDP-EADD partner

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A few years back, in Eastern

Africa, telephone communica-

tion was a hectic affair for

many. If one lived in a remote region,

she had to travel several kilometres to

a town with public payphone to make

a phone call. Only a few well to do

people owned telephones; many were

rather intimidated and even fewer

knew how to use them. Mobile tele-

phones were unheard of. Computers

were only seen in the modern offices.

Lap tops were novel…

Things are different today. Nearly

everyone has a

gadget, whether

a mobile phone,

a computer, a

lap top, an Ipad,

name it. The

old and the

young, the liter-

ate and the illit-

erate, the ur-

banite and the

rural folk, all own a gadget and use it

to communicate, listen to and watch

music and news updates, do banking,

pay bills, locate long lost friends.

Our lives revolve around gadgets.

It has previously been said that inno-

vation and use of gadgets are for the

open minded. American author and

toy maker, Roger Von Oech, puts it

succinctly: "It's easy to come up with

new ideas; the hard part is letting go

of what worked for you two years ago,

but will soon be out of date." How

true! Consider this: By the click of a

button, or press of a thumb, a farmer

will know if his cow is on heat or if it

needs a change of feed. Better still,

the same farmer would access advi-

sory services from an extension offi-

cer he hardly ever sees, yet both know

when the cow is due for deworming or

ready for insemination. The extension

officer gives real time advice to the

farmer without the need of any bike

rides to and fro the farm. This may

sound like a dream and yes it is for

majority of smallholder farmers only

for the moment for we are supporting

innovators who are making significant

headway with prototypes that hold

potential of making this future a real-

ity sooner rather than later.

It takes an open mind to accept, use

and advocate for new innovations for

development. It is even more impor-

tant to have sponsors of technical so-

lutions promote them for their benefits

and be there to walk the farmers

through the early stages of adoption.

That is part of what the EADD project

has been doing for the past four years.

We evaluate innovations, support in-

novators and help make available new

technology to dairy farmers. We have

noted some great results. Some of the

innovations championed thus far in-

clude the dairy hub model, calf wean-

ing formulations, feed pulverizers,

producer group extension services,

billing software etc.

Innovation is neither synonymous

with, nor exclusively to the board-

room, as you will find out after read-

ing about two innovative youth fea-

tured in this issue.

Gideon Birgen is an upcoming force

in dairy software innovation; while

Joseph Macharia is taking dairy ma-

chinery to the next level. Birgen, a

computer scientist, may still be

dreaming up newer software, but his

previous ideas put to work have en-

abled several cooperatives to manage

automate processes such as payments,

check-off management etc.

Mr. Macharia dropped out of primary

school, but is now trail blazing in in-

novative dairy farm tools. He manu-

factures affordable dairy equipment

for on-farm use, and thousands of

farmers are saving on labour and en-

joying higher productivities.

As Egil Milbergs of Accelerating in-

novation avers, "Technology plays a

leading role in innovation, but it isn't

the only factor. What were once dis-

ruptive technologies now are com-

modities. Technology can be the es-

tablishing base for innovation, but

people are the ones that drive it for-

ward. Technology is really only the

mechanics of the process. Real inno-

vation is about great people generat-

ing and then implementing new

ideas." Moses Nyabila

Regional Director—EADD

Farming At The

Finger Tip

We evaluate

innovations,

support innovators

and help make

available new

technology to dairy

farmers.

EDITORIAL




The Innovator

H e bought a pulveriser on loan and dismantled it, piece by

piece. That gave way to a

business empire. Speak of

beginning with the end in mind, and

the story of Joseph Kimani Kiriri a.k.a

Macharia gives validity to Stephen

Covey’s first habit of successful peo-

ple.

Armed with only a primary school

certificate and artisan training in me-

chanics, 33 years old Joseph has

scored many firsts with thousands of

dairy farmers in East Africa. His inno-

vation, a localised pulveriser, is a sig-

nificant equipment in their farms; po-

sitioned as a competitive, affordable

and indispensable tool that is more

than 10 times, cheaper retailing at

kes35 000 (US$ 410) but equally effi-

cient as compared to imports or those

fabricated by established farm machin-

ery workshops that retail at Kes 200

000 to 400 000 (US$ 2300—4700).

His workshop sells at least 25 ma-

chines per week, and has employed 26

people.

His journey is evidence of the resil-

ience of human spirit.

“I wore my first shoe at the age of 16,

by then I had dropped out of school for lack of school fees. My parents had

10 children to feed; and as one of the

elder kids, I was expected to contrib-ute to the family’s income. With such

limited choices, I joined a local vehi-cle garage to apprentice as a vehicle

mechanic. It was better than walking

the streets looking for menial jobs. I

started by repairing cars but believed that even though I lacked academic

credentials, my creativity would create something from scratch. After some-

time I quit as a mechanic and joined

the repair and maintenance depart-ment at Baraka Millers Factory in

Nakuru. I created a Mill Machine, on

the first day of work.”

Pleased with the young talent, Jo-

seph’s supervisor immediately moved

him to the creative department. Dur-

ing his spare time, individual clients

contracted him to make milling ma-

chines. Eventually, Joseph quit and to

establish Nakuru Simba Machinery

and fabricators in 2003.

Identified Need

“I concentrated on making local mills,

choppers and feed mixers at afford-

able prices. However, on interaction with farmers, I saw the demand for an

affordable pulveriser.

Driven by the prospect of making it

big in the end, I took a commercial loan and bought a generator and a

pulveriser and dismantled them –piece

by piece- to study the science behind

their making.” He says.

A few iron sheets later he was down to

work. Within a day, he had

made a simple pulveriser, how-

ever it was inefficient. Two trials

later, he still hadn’t made a prod-

uct that would compete with the

imports. However, on the fourth

trial, his first pulveriser was up

and running and he already had

three orders paid by cash. The

rest, as they say is history

“I have been working with the Kenyan

dairy sector and EADD for the last four years to market the pulveriser

and make it available in farms in

Kenya and beyond, including

Rwanda.”

He admits that it wasn’t until 2009 and

2010 that he has recorded rapid

growth, a feat he credits to partnering

with EADD, “when they (EADD) vis-ited my workshop they bought 12

pieces which they gave to farmer asso-ciations. They even took some to

Rwanda, and that’s when I established

a market in Rwanda. EADD has in a way facilitated a way for me to meet

more customers and market.”

Changed fortunes

The young innovator plans to retire at

40, by which time he will have in-

vested in real estate.

The Risk

“I took a commercial loan and

bought a generator and a pulver-

iser and dismantled them –piece

by piece- to study the science be-

hind their making.”

Education might be crucial but a

primary school graduate innova-

tor is welding millions of shillings

making a hardy dairy farm tool

Farmers in Uganda using a pulverizer.

FEATURE

Why Pulverizers This machine helps small-scale farmers

transport, store and stall, feed their

ruminant animals with the bulky dry

forages they may have at hand, such as

grass and legume hays, fibrous crop

residues such as cereal stovers of

maize, sorghum, millet, cereal straws

of rice, teff, wheat, barley, oats, and

haulms of beans. Pulverizers shred this

forage into lengths of a few millime-

ters. This reduces wastage by 30–60%

and enhances the feed intake of farm

animals by 30–60%.




Computing Cows Creating the link

As he walked in for his first lesson in computer

programming at Kenya’s Kenyatta University in

2005, Gideon Birgen felt as mismatched to the

course as chalk is with cheese.

He had never touched a computer before.

FEATURE




“

The lecturer went on with the

class assuming that everybody

knew what a mouse, a monitor, a

keyboard etc, was. I did not even

know where the start button on the

desktop computer was,” Gideon

Birgen recalls with muffled amuse-

ment. Today, he is credited with de-

veloping software that aided a chill-

ing plant located in his village proc-

ess payment for farmers who deliv-

ered their milk produce.

Clueless first contact

As he walked into his first lesson in

computer programming at Kenyatta

University in 2005, Gideon Birgen

felt as mismatched to the course as

chalk is with cheese. He had joined

the school to study a Bachelor’s of

Science course in Computer Science,

yet he had never touched a computer

before. “I knew I had chosen a

wrong course,” he says.

As the other students switched on

their computers and followed each

instruction the lecturer gave, Gideon

sat quietly in front of his, not under-

standing a single word not even

touching his machine.

“I sat there wondering what I was

going to do in the entire course since

I had not even done any computer

packages. The only computer I had

seen before then was what I later

learned was a monitor,” he adds

with laughter.

At the back of his mind, Gideon felt

certain that he would cope, he had

excelled in Physics and Mathemat-

ics, in the Kenya Certificate of Sec-

ondary Education (KCSE) exam. “I

decided to stay on with the confi-

dence that my foundation in Physics

and Mathematics would see me

through. I knew that I was not going

to fail.”

He set out to work knowing that he

was the most disadvantaged of his

fellow students; they had all taken at

least a computer package.

A scientific combination

Immediately after the trying lecture,

Gideon informed a friend about the

challenges he was facing in class.

The friend was will-

ing to help, and

took Gideon to the

computer lab where

he conducted an

introductory session

on computer hard-

ware, which in-

cluded how to start

and shut down a

computer, how to

use a mouse and

basic navigation of

the computer. He

was comfortable

with a computer in less than a week.

“I could open the programming tool

and test codes without anybody’s

help. That is how I started my jour-

ney with the computer, my passion

today.”

He had always delivered milk to

Tanykina dairy farmers business as-

sociation chilling plant near his

home, during holidays. One time,

when on school break, he went to

the chilling plant and found farmers’

payroll being processed in an old

and inefficient manner; using an ex-

cel spread sheet. “Certainly that was

not the best way of storing data as it

was prone to errors,” he states.

Beginning at home

Determined to help, Gideon devel-

oped a software that generates a pay-

out list, a statement and issues re-

ceipts to farmers automatically.

What the accountants does is input

the identification number of the sup-

plier (farmer) and the quantity of

milk supplied. “That marked the be-

ginning of my programming life.”

His most notable achievement is

however a program he developed for

the dairy industry.

Upon completing his studies in

2008, Gideon joined the East Africa

Dairy Development (EADD) Project

as an intern attached to Tanykina

Dairy Chilling Plant, in Eldoret at

Kenya’s Rift Valley Province. His

first assignment was to help in redes-

igning forms to be used in data col-

lection and mobilisation of farmers.

“I went a step further and designed

an application to be used by the

team in analysing the data collected

from the field,” he shares.

He dreamed of a system that could

automatically link the farmer with

his cow, trainings attended, calves

delivered, and the dairy management

groups he belonged to.

He developed forms that captured

data on performance. This enables

the farmer to decide to cull his cow

or not depending on the quantity of

milk produced and the cost of main-

tenance.

They also capture animal health re-

cords from where a farmer can know

how often his animal falls sick, and

Artificial Insemination which re-

flects the cow’s conception rate.

“Records on animal health, artificial

insemination, and performance in

terms of milk production, are crucial

for any dairy animal and to a farmer

who wants to practise enterprise

dairy farming. If a farmer has reli-

able records on these, the worth of

the cow can be evaluated very eas-

ily,” he advises.

Gideon, who currently works at the

Kenya Dairy Farmers Federation as

an Information Technology special-

ist, intends to specialise in Software

Engineering, and innovate products

useful to a small-scale dairy farmer,

reveals the father of two.

Tabitha Onyinge is an independent

contributor from Kenya

The Dream

a system that could automatically

link the farmer with his cow,

trainings attended, calves delivered,

and the dairy management groups

he belonged to.




Make Hay

M argaret Nyaguthie is a dairy farmer and business woman

benefiting from improvements in dairy farming around

Mweiga area, Nyeri county, Central Kenya. With the

number of farmers engaging in the business of milk production in-

creasing in the last three years, a demand for affordable quality feeds

increased. She has carved a niche as a fodder producer. During our

visit, she mentions that her compound is much quiet as compared to

seasons she is in business, but then can we see the rush green on the

land sloping a few metres from the gate? “That is not weed,” she

chuckles. In a few weeks she will harvest rhodes grass growing on

the ten acre land. With a few farm hands she will make hay, a busi-

ness she has managed with her husband for the last five years. She

has put up a barn that holds 1000 bales of hay in a season. She sells a

bale of hay for KES 400 ($4.7) during the dry months, when demand

is high.

A few more farmers like her

and agriculture would close

its old book to open a new

one. Agnes Namusoke, from Butale

village in Uganda’s Masaka district

joined a dairy farmers group in 2008.

Before then she was a small scale

vegetable farmer utilizing a small

piece of land. “The harvest were

poor most of the time, it was a strug-

gle” she says.

On joining a dairy group she ac-

cessed training in basic animal man-

agement, she also participated in a

field exchange study to Kenya to

learn various appropriate animal

husbandry in 2009. After the study

tour, Agnes was convinced to estab-

lish her first fodder plot and also

cites conservation of feeds as a key

lesson she took from the study tour.

At first, Agnes struggled with the

new ideas, “I had reservations about

silage and hay. Even after watching

a cow eat silage in Eldoret, Kenya

during the visit, I didn’t think my

cows would like it.”

With support from her peers she dug

a silage pit and made silage. She

synchronized her 2 Friesian cows to

conceive at the same time thus in-

Study Tour Changed her Perception

Agnes picking cabbages in her shamba. Dairy cows have become a significance source of income for her family. She not only milks them

but also uses their waste as manure which she applies to enrich her vegetable garden

SMART FARMER

creasing amount of available milk.

Her cows milk production increased

to 14 litres per cow, their production

have been steady and she sells some

of the milk at UGX 500 (.20$)per

litre. The caretaker of 15 children

also learnt to apply the animal waste

in her garden which greatly im-

proved the soils and boosted her

crop yields. She has expanded her

crop gardens to include cabbages,

water melons and tomatoes and cur-

rently harvests four boxes of toma-

toes each month which she sells at

UGX 50,000 (20$)a box. By Brian

Kawuma




Connecting Girls, Inspiring Future EADD in Uganda held a two day event dubbed,

“Connecting girls, Inspiring Futures” to create awareness

among women dairy groups on the opportunities for entrepre-

neurship development in the dairy value chain. It also served as

an avenue to create collaborative linkages with other stake-

holders.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Edward Ssebunya the Regional Coor-

dinator, Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) urged women

dairy groups to work with area cooperative enterprises (ACEs) in

order to access markets for their goods and services.

Jane Kugonza, EADD feed specialist emphasized EADD’s com-

mitment towards working with dairy farmers to increase women

and youth participation in dairy-related activities at household,

community and market-

ing level. She appealed

to the participants to

mobilize people, begin-

ning from their families

to join and buy shares

in dairy cooperatives.

She underscored the

importance of support-

ing each other through

training and marketing

of their products.

Partnering with Private Sector Foundation

Sembabule transforms from

processor owned to farmer

owned chilling plant

S embabule Dairy Farmers Association, for-

merly known as Sembabule SALL Chilling

Plant finally transformed from a processor

managed chilling plant to a farmer-managed milk

bulking and chilling business with the acquisition

through lease of a 3000 litre capacity cooler from

Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited

(SALL), a leading milk processor in Uganda. The

farmers now have full control of the management

and operations of the cooler.

In 2010, 541 members were mobilized to raise eq-

uity through membership subscriptions and share

capital to register their own cooperative, the Sem-

babule Dairy Farmers’ Association. The member-

ship totals 640 to date. In May 2012, the coopera-

tive deposited a refundable collateral of UGX 5.8

million (US$2,320) as security for the milk cool-

ing equipment from SALL at a cost of UGX

180,000($72) per month as rental fees deducted

from milk sales and profits. It is projected that the

farmers will have finalized paying the balance to

SALL in 10 months.

Initially, the farmers sold milk directly to SALL.

With their own cooperative farmers can now nego-

tiate for better prices with the processor. Already,

as a group, they have successfully lobbied the Sem-

babule Local government to construct the road to

the remote areas to facilitate milk transportation.

Compiled by Brian Kawuma

H eifer International Uganda

signed a capacity building

Memorandum of Under-

standing with Private Sector Foun-

dation Uganda (PSFU). The MOU

provides Capacity building for 540

members of the executive commit-

tees drawn from 50 Dairy farmer

Cooperatives supported by the East

Africa Dairy Development (EADD)

Project.

Through the partnership

dairy farmers will partici-

pate in a “Financial and

governance empowerment

series Training” that will

take place in a span of 9

months from April 2012

to November 2012. The

program aims at impart-

ing skills on managing

agriculture as a business

and improving govern-

ance and management of dairy pro-

ducer group enterprises. The target

trainees include executive members

of the various dairy cooperative so-

cieties cooling/chilling plant manag-

ers and extension workers. The pro-

gram will involve structured train-

ings, mentoring and coaching of

farmers in handling dairy products.

The partnership makes a significant

landmark on the road to strengthen-

ing governance, management and

accountability of cooperative leader-

ship and a huge step towards im-

proving the incomes of the poor

dairy farmer communities in the

country.

PSFU has a membership of over 250

associations from different sectors.

Its services include capacity building

as well as lobbying and policy advo-

cacy. At the end of the program an

award will be given to the winning co-

operative that would have demonstrated

the best practice.

Other partnerships include;

BrazAfric, Mt. Elgon Seed, BUBUSI

feed mill, NaLRRI/ASARECA pro-

jects and Pride Microfinance for in-

puts, feed processing equipments,

and credit services.

Uganda

COUNTRY UPDATES




Cooperatives show case

products at breeders show The breeders show for South Rift and Kericho, was a

shining moment for some producer organizations.

During the South Rift Breeders show, the best Heifer

(Aryshire) was from a dairy farmer affiliated with Sot

dairy company.

In Kericho, the second best heifer was awarded to a

farmer registered with Cherobu Multipurpose Dairy

Company. The recognition of farmers from EADD

supported cooperatives goes to prove that there is

adoption of best practices in animal health and feed-

ing among farmers. While many more farmers need to

be reached, the winning few could act as a learning

example. We congratulate the winning farmers.

Strategic

Partnerships

T aragoon dairies formed

a partnership with

Jogoo machinery, sup-

pliers of farm equipments in

Rift Valley province of Kenya.

The partnership means that

dairy farmers affiliated to Ta-

ragoon will access chuff cutters, through the cooperative’

credit system. Chuff cutter is a tool for preparation of ensi-

lage, and comes in handy especially during dry seasons. It

ensures wastage of fodder is minimized. The farmers in Ta-

ragoon had expressed challenges in purchasing the tool on a

cash basis.

Still on partnerships, Chepkorio Dairy Company Limited

formed partnership with Buzeki Dairy, a milk processor for

the supply of fertilizers to Chepkorio. The fertilizer will be

sold through the dairy agrovet and will enable farmers to

access supplies through check off system.

Metkei Multipurpose Company was

awarded distributorship by Kenya seed and NCPB to

sell both seeds and fertilizers through the cooperatives

outlets. Metkei has also secured another dealership

with solar aid to sell solar panels to their farmers; by

end of April 2012, over 150 households were installed

with solar.

Cherobu multipurpose dairy company also opened a

new collection center at Cheplanget market. The cen-

ter targets to reach an additional 300 farmers and ex-

pects to bulk an average of 1500 kg’s of milk per day.

J uhudi Kilimo, an entity that provides innovative asset

financing and training to smallholder farmers and enter-

prises in rural communities in Kenya partnered with

EADD in training farmers in some cooperatives. This part-

nership resulted in 70 women and youth from Sot and 38

women and youth from Siongiroi receiving training in Asset

financing.

Financial Services Expand

Enhancing access to finance for farmers is on a high as Tin-

deret dairy company joins the fray, having successfully reg-

istered Financial Service Activities (Village Bank). The

company was successful split into Tinderet and Lessos

Dairy Farmers Cooperative.

Mean while, Tanykina dairy plant has initiated a partnership

with cooperative bank which will enable Tanykina FSA and

Sacco members access ATM services. The partnership is

dubbed “FedhaLink.” The agreement means that an ATM

machine is installed at the dairy plant premises.

The Milk chilling enterprise also rolled out their website

www.tanykinadairies.com

Compiled by Jane Kithuka

Kenya

Milk reception at Siongiroi

Asset Financing Training


http://www.tanykinadairies.com

mailto:[email protected]



Management updates Mr Elisee KAMANZI takes over as Rwanda

Country Program Manager. He replaced Mr.

Dennis Karumuzi who bid the team

farewell in March 2012.

Mr. Benjamin ZIGAMASABO, the ICRAF

Team Leader, also couples up as Production

Team Leader.

Mr. John HAGUMA, who had thus far

served the Project as Investment Advisor,

took over the role of HPI Team Leader

Ms Lindsay Hagan, joined EADD in

January, 2012 as a consultant. She has been

instrumental in facilitating the analysis and

disemmination of the consumer survey

results to the government and stakeholders

in the dairy sector.

Rwandans Consume More

Unprocessed Milk

E ADD Rwanda commissioned a milk consumer survey

so as to inform project design and various stakeholder

on market dynamics in Rwanda. The survey results

indicated that 70% of the Rwandan population consume milk

with 92% of these, consuming unprocessed milk distributed

by alternative or informal markets.

This projects the informal sector as the most significant

market outlet for milk and that diary development programs

and investors should pay keen attention. To set the pace,

EADD is using these findings to engage with government in

policy making that will hopefully recognise informal markets.

Working with the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, EADD continues to meet with groups of key

stakeholders from government, NGOs, and the private sector, to create awareness of the Consumer Survey information

and facilitate its uptake.

Modern Milk Collection Centers For

Farmers 70 farmers' cooperatives are set to develop milk collection centres (MCC’s)

with support of the Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources through

the Livestock Infrastructure Support Programme (LISP). Part of the

beneficiary cooperatives include 7 EADD sites. The sites are Nyagatare,

Isangano, Mudacos, Ngarama, Muhazi and Gahengeri sites where

construction has already began.

Hygiene for locally processed milk and milk products still poses problems

as dairies and milk product processing plants get milk from different

suppliers. MCC’s remedy the situation, as they help farmers properly store

milk.

In related development, Rwabiharamba, Isangano and Matimba have

entered into agreements with the Rwanda Milk quality initiative to acquire

milk transporting tanks and milk coolers in an effort to increase milk

chilling capacity

Its a Wrap! For ABS-TCM in Rwanda

A frica Breeders Services– Total Cattle Management (ABS-TCM)

wrapped up its operations in EADD Rwanda in April, 2012.

During the last four years, ABS achieved its deliverables and contributed

significantly in improving breeds in EADD operational sites in Rwanda.

EADD is scaling down its operations in Rwanda in preparation for

exit in 2013.

A key outcome of ABS in Rwanda is building strong working relationship

with the government agricultural board and elevating the importance of

AI. This is touted as key in ensuring continuity of support in AI service

provision in areas of project interventions.

Compiled by Jacqueline Kayitesi

Stakeholders in dairy discuss consumer survey

results

Rwanda





EADD at East and South African Dairy Conference and Exhibition in Pictures

EADD participated in Africa Dairy Conference and Exhibition in April. The President of the republic of Kenya, H.E Mwai Kibaki attended the

event as guest of honor. Heifer International, VP for Africa Programmes was a keynote speaker. The theme of this year conference was “Driving

Competitiveness through Technology.” See EADD’s participation captured in pictures below.



East Africa Dairy Development Project News

T he United Nations Development

Programme – Africa Facility for

Inclusive Markets (UNDP-

AFIM) has declared its interest to sup-

port EADD Project. Discussions are

underway to provide USD 150 000 grant

to pilot test innovative cooperative

driven advisory/extension services pro-

grams that demonstrate the benefits and

value of collaborating with other value

chain actors like processors , input sup-

pliers, banks, public extension programs.

Since the decline of government-

sponsored extension systems, little atten-

tion has been given to rural agricultural

advisory services.

This challenges small holder farmers

because productive dairying requires

skills that most farmers lack such as

application of feed technology, diagno-

sis of diseases, milk handling and qual-

ity etc.

T he Bill and Melinda

Gates Foundation has

approved supplemental

funding for EADD. This one

year funding extends the life of

the project to June 30, 2013.

These funds will continue to sup-

port activities in Rwanda, where

EADD is winding down, Kenya

and Uganda, where it is continu-

ing, and new activity in Ethiopia

and Tanzania, which will be

added to the project in Phase II.

A s the Roman philosopher

Seneca said, the best ideas

are common property. To

capture the best ideas for dairy de-

velopment, EADD has conducted a

series of multi stakeholder consulta-

tions in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia

and Kenya. The goal was to bring

together various stakeholders in a

neutral forum for sharing ideas,

building consensus and developing

commitment to EADD project as it

prepares a proposal for phase two.

Participants got to know one an-

other, understand each other’s views

and create some first steps together.

There was a genuine desire to learn

To meet this need, EADD project

has already mobilized innovative

extension service structures em-

bedded in cooperatives/ farmer

organizations. The aptly named

hub based extension services

consisted of over 750 extension

advisors, 535 animal health

workers, 320 AI technicians and

109 agrovet shops by close of

2011. Thus the grant shall build

on already existing efforts and

towards building the capacity of

cooperatives in business develop-

ment services, setting up exten-

sion services and agrovet shops across

the districts and setting up new chilling

satellite centres to collect milk and link-

ing them to markets and processors.

It is envisioned that this will build an

efficient value chain, thereby transform-

ing the lives of farmers to create a vi-

brant dairy industry that contributes to

the economic transformation of the

countries in the region. According to Moses Nyabila, EADD

project Regional Director, the 1 year

UNDP grant will make part of a consoli-

dated fund that EADD is mobilizing

from key development partners includ-

ing bilateral organizations and govern-

ments. The UNDP-AFIM partnership

will pilot in Uganda and Kenya.

According to the Gates Foundation,

this represents the largest amount the

Foundation has ever granted for a

supplement for any of their grants.

Many thanks to the hardworking

teams at HQ and the field offices of

Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and EADD

Regional offices for their efforts in

the development of this cost exten-

sion.

B&MGF Approves EADD Cost Extension

Stakeholder Consultative Workshops Inform EADD2 Development

UNDP– Africa Facility for Inclusive Markets to Partner with EADD

Metkei Multipurpose dairy, one of cooperatives partner-

ing with EADD

in greater detail about the dairy pro-

gram, determining the feasibility of

its implementation and assessing the

stakeholders' interest in participating

in its implementation.

During the stakeholder workshop

in Uganda, Irene Muwanguzi,

Heifer Uganda Country Director

underscored the importance of the

workshops. She noted the impor-

tance of ensuring the plans were

consistent with the host govern-

ment dairy plans. The workshops

were facilitated by PICO team,

who are independent facilitators

and gathered representatives from

private, public and academic sectors

including veterinarians, feed proces-

sors, milk processors, farm represen-

tatives, regulators, research scien-

tists.

Participants during a recent stakeholder workshop in

Nairobi, Kenya




Imprint

Contributors: Brian Kawuma, Jane Kithuka, Jacqueline

Kayitesi, Moses Nyabila, Ann Mbiruru

Edited by: Ann Mbiruru

East Africa Dairy Development—Project

Regional Office

P.O Box 74388-00200, Nairobi,

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The East Africa Dairy Development project is a regional

industry development program led by Heifer International in

partnership with International Livestock Research Institute

(ILRI), TechnoServe, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the African Breeders Service Total Cat-

tle Management (ABS-TCM).

The project is being implemented in Kenya, Rwanda and

Uganda.




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