We visited Francis Wanjohi, a small scale dairy farmer, in Kenya’ central region, who has succeeded in increasing his income by cleverly keeping fewer dairy cows, taking advantage of a local cooperative to market milk and practicing mixed cropping. When … Continue reading
A main challenge facing East African dairy farmers, who have opted for cross bred or exotic animals, is the ease at which these animals die due to hunger, diseases or other factors. Consequently, compared to the hardy indigenous animals, many … Continue reading
In just three years, Tanykina Dairy Plant, located in Kipkaren Division, Nandi North District, in the Rift Valley province of Kenya has made several entrepreneurial highs in small business dairy industry. Recently, shareholders celebrated commissioning of a newly constructed-farmer owned- … Continue reading
Agricultural producer based organizations and companies in East Africa could find it easier to prove their credit worthiness in the near future, once a pioneer rating assessment in the region has been implemented. EADD has entered into a partnership with SCOPEInsight a rating organization … Continue reading
On Saturday, February 23, 2013, The Saturday Nation newspaper in Kenya, run an expansive story about Lelan Dairy, one of EADD’s partner cooperatives, detailing how the project concept has transformed the Lelan community. Lelan is in West Pokot area of … Continue reading
3000 farmers now living what seemed an impossible dream. The quite town of Ziwa, in Soy division at the foot of rainy Cherangany hills in Kenya’s North Rift, teems with potential dairy farming, and spawns many exciting dairy farmer success … Continue reading
The United Nations Development Programme – Africa Facility for Inclusive Markets (UNDP-AFIM) has declared its interest to support EADD Project. Discussions are underway to provide USD 150 000 grant to pilot test innovative cooperative driven advisory/extension services programs that demonstrate … Continue reading
EADD project is all about cooperatives. 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives, as declared by United Nations General Assembly. As such EADD is placing itself as a source of credible information, sharing field experiences gained in the last four … Continue reading
At exactly 2.00am – every day – 35 years old Eliud Wandera wakes up to run his milk production business. Together with a farm-hand, he milks five of his seven Fresian dairy cows and delivers the 110 liters of milk … Continue reading
A new manual published by EADD synthesizes and simplifies information on feeding dairy cows. It covers information on the basic nutrients a dairy cow requires, the available feed resources that provide these nutrients and practical aspects of feeding the animals. … Continue reading
A recent blog post by Donna Stokes (Heifer International) interviews EADD Director Moses Nyabila on the importance of public-private partnerships. He mentions 5 ways to attract partners to work together: Use an incremental approach. Ask partners to provide one or … Continue reading
When Moses Sabika, from Namayumba village in Wakiso district of Uganda, joined Bubusi Dairy Farmer’s Cooperative Society Ltd, it was because he desperately needed a job that would generate income for his family. Each time he bought dairy feeds for … Continue reading
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