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Chapter 8 – <strong>Dairy</strong>-<strong>in</strong>dustry development programmes: Their role <strong>in</strong> food [...] 317<br />

Box 8.1<br />

The multiple benefits of enterprise-driven smallholder dairy<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Help<strong>in</strong>g to achieve the nutrition, poverty <strong>and</strong> environmental Millennium<br />

Development Goals<br />

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1: Eradicate poverty <strong>and</strong> hunger<br />

Target 1: Halve, between 1990 <strong>and</strong> 2015, the proportion of people whose <strong>in</strong>come is<br />

less than one dollar per day<br />

Target 2: Halve, between 1990 <strong>and</strong> 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from<br />

hunger<br />

<strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g for nutrition<br />

• <strong>Milk</strong> is a nutritious food <strong>and</strong> can make a major contribution to household food<br />

security <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>come.<br />

• Many health <strong>and</strong> stunt<strong>in</strong>g problems associated with child undernutrition can<br />

be tackled through simple low-cost milk fortification tailored to local needs,<br />

e.g. iron (helps prevent anaemia) <strong>and</strong> extra vitam<strong>in</strong> A (for vision, the immune<br />

system), etc.<br />

• A daily 200 ml glass of milk provides a 5-year-old child with:<br />

• y21 percent of prote<strong>in</strong> requirements; 8 percent calories<br />

• yKey micro-nutrients<br />

<strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> women<br />

• Organized dairy<strong>in</strong>g, i.e. improved productivity <strong>and</strong> market access, reduces daily<br />

workload<br />

• <strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g provides regular cash <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong> for immediate family needs<br />

<strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g for <strong>in</strong>come <strong>and</strong> jobs<br />

• <strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g provides regular <strong>in</strong>come from the sale of milk surplus for daily<br />

household <strong>and</strong> farm needs<br />

• One off-farm job is created for every 10–20 litres milk collected, processed<br />

<strong>and</strong> marketed<br />

<strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g for asset creation <strong>and</strong> social st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

• <strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g provides:<br />

• yValuable animals <strong>and</strong> their offspr<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• yCollateral for loans<br />

• ySav<strong>in</strong>gs for emergencies <strong>and</strong> purchase of other assets such as hous<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

l<strong>and</strong>, etc.<br />

• yDisposable <strong>in</strong>come for purchase of household goods, cloth<strong>in</strong>g, school<strong>in</strong>g, etc.<br />

• yGraduation from subsistence to commercial farm<strong>in</strong>g

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