African Dairy;

Transformation; through sustained development

August 13th 2019

Peter Mwaniki Ngaruiya, CEO ESADA

Opening address

Transforming from?

• Low Productivity

• In-adequate quality

• Market access

Production/vity

• TZ; >21M cattle, <1.2M dairy cows

• KE; 1400kg/cow/year; >18M,

App.4.4M dairy

• UG; App 15M Cows, <1M Dairy

Cows

• SA; 3500kg/cow/year, 14M, 1.3M

dairy cows

• Globally 340M Cows

• Europe – 23M dairy cows

• Netherlands – 4M Cows, milking

1.7M

Production/vity

• TZ; 146

• KE; 1400

• SA; 4600

• UG

• Global; >2300

• NL; App 9,000

Market

Access

• Only 20%

processed

• Africa import bill

>US$500M

• Produce less than

5% of global

production of

811MT

• Keep >10% of

cattle

• NL; 55% of milk

processed to

cheese

• Only 35% of milk

is consumed

locally, 65%

exported to

Europe (45%)

outside Europe

20% = to €6.6

Transform to?

• Modern Technologies and Practices

• Intra-regional and international trade

• World Class Dairy Sector

Why do

we need

to

Transform

FOOD SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE

WEALTH CREATION

GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

REDUCE INEQUALITY

What to

do?

Invest in the future

Work together

Transfer knowledge and technologies

Nurture

Why is Dairy This Important?

Supporting livelihood for 1 billion strong

240 Million are employed directly or indirectly

Providing opportunities 37M farms are female led

80M Women engaged in dairy farming

Why now?

• Population is growing

• Competing demands

• Changing and fluid

environment for

business

Sustainability Challenge

We must pro-actively supports a vibrant dairy sector committed to continuously improve its

ability to provide safe and nutritious milk and dairy products from healthy animals to close

the nutritional gap whilst preserving natural resources and ensuring decent livelihoods

across the whole dairy value chain

How?

Developing and promoting sustainable practices across the dairy supply

chain

Providing science-based guidance and leadership

on dairy sustainability issues to key international

organizations and influencers

Promoting that sustainability includes

environmental, economic and social

components

THANK YOU

ASANTENI