ZIMBABWE – Efforts towards dairy self-sufficiency in Zimbabwe have started bearing fruits with local production rising to 91.4 million litres…
Read MoreZimbabwe cuts reliance on dairy imports as local production surpasses 91M litres
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Bega Cheese closes Canberra dairy factory as half-year profits plunge 74% due to surge in milk farmgate prices
AUSTRALIA – Bega Cheese, an Australian cheese manufacturing company, has announced plans to close its plant in Griffith, Canberra city…
Read MoreILRI launches project to help Ethiopian dairy farmers build resilience towards climate change
ETHIOPIA – The International Livestock Research Institution (ILRI) has launched the Enviro-Cow Project which aims to support the dairy sectors…
Read MoreTanzania sets aside 65,215ha for dairy industry development, urges youth to venture into livestock keeping
TANZANIA – The Government of Tanzania has set aside some 65,215.7 hectares of land in Kegera District, on the western…
Read MoreDairy production in Kenya’s Nyeri County rises to 127.9M litres due to robust development programs
KENYA – Dairy production in Nyeri County, one of the 47 devolved units of government in Kenya, recorded a 12%…
Read MoreTanzania to welcome first-ever powder milk processing plant
TANZANIA – Tanzania is set to welcome its first-ever milk processing plant following interest from a local investor to set…
Read MoreZimbabwe milk production rises to 83 million litres on back of five-year dairy development plan
ZIMBABWE – Milk production in Zimbabwe is on a growth trajectory thanks to a 5-year dairy sector development plan spearheaded…
Read MoreNestlé Nigeria opens new milk collection centre in Kaduna to boost collection capacity
NIGERIA – Nestlé, a multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, has commissioned a new milk collection centre in Nigeria as…
Read MoreDairy farmers in Kenya to form a union to help overcome constraints in the dairy sector
KENYA – The dairy farmers in Kenya’s Uasin Gishu county are planning to form a union to collectively relinquish the…
Read MoreDairy leads Nigerian food sector with N347bn revenue
NIGERIA – The dairy sector has emerged the second largest segment in the food and beverage industry in Nigeria with estimated revenue of N347 billion in 2013 and an estimated compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 per cent over the last three years.
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