• Women milking a cow (Burkina Faso), © E Vall

    Women milking a cow (Burkina Faso), © E Vall

  • Cheese refining (Madagascar), © E Vall

    Cheese refining (Madagascar), © E Vall

  • Yoghurt making (Burkina Faso), © E Vall

    Yoghurt making (Burkina Faso), © E Vall

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.