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Titre : AFRICA-MILK : Promote ecological intensification and inclusive value chains for sustainable African milk sourcing

Pays/Région : Senegal ; Burkina Faso ; Kenya ; Madagascar

Date : Start date 2018-09-01 End date 2021-08-31

Identifiant : 36-AFRICA-MILK
Type de projet : Development and innovation oriented (research) project

Objectif
* Co-design and implementation of efficient and inclusive milk collection systems through organizational innovations (optimized collection routes, functional collection centers, use of cooling systems), and institutional innovations (contractual arrangements between dairies and producers through milk delivery contracts, including seasonality-based and/or quality-based milk payments)
* Co-design and implementation of intensive and ecological dairy farming systems based on improvement of cow feeding systems using local resources, and simple practices to improve milk hygiene (technical innovations)

Présentation
Today in Africa, demand for dairy products is rising. However, dairies have difficulties to source local milk in terms of volume, regularity and quality. Sustainability of dairy production, contribution of dairy to food security, and inclusion of producers in value chains (i.e. women and youth) are becoming major stakes.

Africa-Milk supports co-design and implementation of technical, organizational and institutional innovations to increase and secure local milk sourcing, considering the potential of ecological intensification of milk production and the development of inclusive milksheds to reach this objective.

The overall consortium includes African research organizations (ISRA, INERA, UoN, FIFAMANOR), WUR and CIRAD in Europe, all with strong experience on African milk production and sustainable development, and nine processors in four countries (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar), covering a variety of agro-climatic and production contexts.

Coordinateur : Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
Partenaires : Fiompiana Fambolena Malagasy Norvéziana (FIFAMANOR) Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles du Burkina Faso (INERA) Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) University of Nairobi Wageningen Research SNV Kenya

Financement principal : ERA-Net Cofund (LEAP-Agri)
Cofinancement : Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) (H2020)
Budget : EUR

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