Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Production and Marketing of Goat’s Milk in Light of Climate Change
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Date
2016
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Springer International Publishing AG
Abstract
In Tanzania, goat’s milk has a high market value due to its desirable
nutritional profile and cultural recognition that it is beneficial to human health.
A joint initiative between Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and the
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) that introduced dairy goats to
Tanzania has resulted in approximately 400,000 goats in the region to this day, providing households and communities with milk and various other animal
byproducts. In areas such as the highlands of Mgeta in the Morogoro region, where
there was previously no production of milk, dairy goats have achieved an average
milk production of 1.4 L of milk per animal per day. This led to a rise in milk
consumption from 0 L per household per day in 1988 to 1.6 L per household per
day in 2012. Although the joint initiative between SUA and the NMBU was suc-
cessful in diversifying the diets and improving the livelihoods of the poor, farm
group efforts to distribute surplus milk to larger and more distant markets has
remained a challenge. Suboptimum feeding practices and low education levels in
milk handling and entrepreneurship may explain this lack of progress. In order to
expand milk distribution beyond the local market, the involvement of an established
dairy company is required. This paper will look at collaborations between farmers,
private-milk-processing enterprises such as Shambani Graduates Ltd. (SGL) and a
research institution (SUA) to discuss the value of milk in human nutrition and the
feasibility of a pro-poor value chain for climate-smart goat’s milk processing and
dairy goat maintenance.
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Book chapter
Keywords
Goat’s milk, Human nutrition, Public-private partnership, Climate-smart, Shambani Graduates Ltd., Tanzania