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Chapter 8 – <strong>Dairy</strong>-<strong>in</strong>dustry development programmes: Their role <strong>in</strong> food [...] 321<br />

milk is processed on farm <strong>in</strong>to butter <strong>and</strong> soft cheese (ayib) for home consumption<br />

<strong>and</strong> sale. <strong>Dairy</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> market<strong>in</strong>g nationally were estimated to create<br />

174 000 jobs. About 94 percent of these jobs were <strong>in</strong> on-farm process<strong>in</strong>g, which is<br />

dom<strong>in</strong>ated by women. In contrast, men dom<strong>in</strong>ate <strong>in</strong>dustrial process<strong>in</strong>g (Staal, N<strong>in</strong><br />

Pratt <strong>and</strong> Jabbar, 2008b).<br />

Box 8.2<br />

Smallholder dairy<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong>come <strong>and</strong> well-be<strong>in</strong>g: case study – Afghanistan<br />

Mr Nurullah is a farmer <strong>and</strong> lives <strong>in</strong> Chilgazi village, <strong>in</strong> the Dahdadi district of Balkh<br />

prov<strong>in</strong>ce. He has n<strong>in</strong>e children <strong>and</strong> owns 1 000 m 2 of l<strong>and</strong>. Prior to 2007 his ma<strong>in</strong><br />

activity was crop production. He had no cow. He found it difficult to feed his family<br />

<strong>and</strong> still have some money left over to pay for education <strong>and</strong> to buy other food for<br />

the family, such as rice, oil, cereal, meat <strong>and</strong> dairy products.<br />

In 2007 he heard about the Integrated <strong>Dairy</strong> Schemes (IDS) project through the<br />

milk producers’ cooperative society <strong>and</strong> decided to jo<strong>in</strong> the programme.<br />

His family life has changed. He now owns one dairy cow <strong>and</strong> has two heifers<br />

he is rear<strong>in</strong>g as replacement stock. The family now has a regular <strong>in</strong>come of Af 180<br />

(US$3.6) daily from sell<strong>in</strong>g milk. He delivers 12 litres of milk to the village milk collection<br />

centre, <strong>and</strong> uses one litre to feed his young children <strong>and</strong> one litre milk to make<br />

yoghurt for his family.<br />

All the <strong>in</strong>come earned from milk goes directly to his wife, who decides how the<br />

money is spent.<br />

Integrated dairy scheme, Afghanistan<br />

©<strong>FAO</strong>/L. Rlung<br />

The family ma<strong>in</strong>ly spends the <strong>in</strong>come on:<br />

• School material: pens, notebooks, books <strong>and</strong> uniforms<br />

• Animal feed<br />

• Food items, such as sugar, tea, rice, cook<strong>in</strong>g oil, beans <strong>and</strong> c<strong>and</strong>y<br />

• Medic<strong>in</strong>es for treatment of family members

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