This report by Asfaw Negassa formerly with ILRI now with IFPRI on Improving smallholder farmers’; marketed supply and market access for dairy products in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia was released on 8 October, 2009. Presents study carried out on improving smallholder farmers’; marketed supply and market access for dairy products in Arsi Zone, Ethiopia. The main … Continue reading
Category Archives: Dairying
Asia / Climate Change / Dairying / Drought / India / Markets / South Asia
Drought-like conditions may lead to higher milk production in state
There is a possibility that drought-like conditions will help dairy sector in Gujarat to register higher production of milk, revealed a recent study conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Read more … (Indian Express) Continue reading
Africa / Dairying / East Africa / Ghana / ILRI / Markets / Research / Tanzania / West Africa
Market mechanisms and efficiency in urban dairy products markets in Ghana and Tanzania
Milk farmers fight for stake in New KCC
Milk farmers are demanding the first priority to buy the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries, which the government has lined up for sale. The producers say the defunct KCC, which was renamed New KCC six years ago owes them more than Sh1.2 billion and that they were interested in buying it through private placement. The giant … Continue reading
India forgets its milk revolution hero
I had just entered my teenage years when I discovered the power of the idiot box. As we sat huddled before the eye-popping technology in a rectangular shape , my first memories are those of hearing a deep baritone voice, intellectually refined , possessing extraordinary depth and talking esoteric stuff. I did not understand much, … Continue reading
Organic dairy manure may offer high quality fertilizer option
Dairy cows that produce USDA-certified organic milk also produce manure that may gradually replenish soil nutrients and potentially reduce the flow of agricultural pollutants to nearby water sources, according to findings by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues. Cows on organic dairy farms generally consume forage feeds cultivated on soils that are fertilized with … Continue reading
Africa / Animal Production / Article / Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Regions / Research
Transhumance cattle production system in north Gondar, Amhara region, Ethiopia: Is it sustainable?
This working paper by Azage Tegegne and Worku Teka of ILRI, Tesfaye Mengistie of Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, Amhara Regional State,Ethiopia, Tesfaye Desalew of Kutaber woreda Office of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kutaber,South Wello Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, and Eshete Dejen of Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) on Transhumance cattle production … Continue reading
Foreign help to firm up milk sector
Nairobi-baded research institute and UK department to fund project, click here to see full article. Continue reading
As recession deepens, so does milk surplus
The long economic boom, fueled by easy credit that allowed people to spend money they did not have, led to a huge oversupply of cars, houses and shopping malls, as recent months have made clear. Now, add one more item to the list: an oversupply of cows. Millions of pounds of government-owned milk powder stored … Continue reading
ILRI Clippings 