Addressing the public health and quality concerns towards marketed milk in Kenya

Abstract

Analysis of policies and institutions affecting the dairy sub-sector, and provision of resulting information to support planning needs of stakeholders and policymakers in the dairy sub-sector Analysis of social benefits of smallholder dairy production, including income, employment and child nutrition Participatory development of improved dairy farm technologies, such as improved fodder plants and feeding strategies Development of appropriate technologies and strategies for small scale milk and dairy product traders Development of extension and training materials to support smallholder farmers and small milk traders, and the development agencies serving them Spatial analysis of dairy systems for improved targeting of technology and investment By combining the research capacity of KARI and ILRI with the experience and networks of the Ministry, SDP has been providing high-quality and wide-ranging research information to support smallholder dairy farmers, market agents, stakeholders and policy-makers since 1997.