Milk-and-Dairy-Products-in-Human-Nutrition-FAO

Table 7.1 (continued)
ASIA AND PACIFIC
Country/organization
Title (duration)
Reference
India: IFPRI/
Government of India
Operation Flood
(1970–1996)
Cunningham (2009)
India/IFPRI
Karnataka Dairy
Development Project
Alderman (1987)
Target
population
Smallholder
farmers
Smallholder
farmers
Goal/ objective
Increase milk
production,
stable supply, and
increase incomes
of small farmers
Modelled after
Operation Flood,
aimed to increase
milk production
through improved
animal nutrition
and cross-breeding
Intervention:
strategy and activities
*Created a “national
milk grid” or a
dairy-supply chain
from village to
district to state
*Producer cooperatives
established to: collect
milk; ensure quality;
provide payment;
improve management
techniques; and provide
access to veterinary
services
*Food aid milk powder
and butter oil used for
processing during slack
seasons in domestic
production
*Introduce cooperatives
to commercialise dairy
products
*Raise producer prices
Design:
comparison groups
and methods
Pre- and post-assessment of
trends in milk production,
consumption, and several of
service delivery outcomes
District (Bikaner, Periyar, and
Sabarkantha) and nationally
representative data
Longitudinal study with
5 rounds of household surveys
between Jan 1983 to April
1984; multivariate regression
analyses conducted
Intervention group:
non-random selection of 21
villages with cooperatives
Control group: non-random
selection of 10 villages
without (total HH n=806)
Level of Inference
Results
Adequacy
*Per capita milk consumption
from 290 to 339 g/d between
1988–89 to 1995–96
*World’s largest producer of
buffalo and goat milk; 6th largest
producer of cow milk
*Dairy production role 4.5%/yr
over 30 years
*Favourable effects on income
distribution and women’s
employment
*Linked dairy producers to urban
consumers
*Technological advances in crossbreed
raising and milk processing
Plausibility
*Twice as much milk produced in
intervention group than control
attributed to larger number of
cross-bred cows and buffalo
*Price increases in rice and ragi
reduced calorie and protein
consumption, but price increases
in milk, did not (P