Solidaridad set to expand dairy programmes in Asia and Africa
20 October 2015
Milk and dairy products are an important source of nutrition and income for family farmers in developing countries. For the past several years, Solidaridad has been investigating the dairy sector, its potential challenges and opportunities for rural families. As the newest focus commodity for Solidaridad, sustainability solutions for the dairy sector are already being implemented and dairy programmes are expanding. Using Myanmar as a case in point, Catharinus Wierda, Solidaridad’s international programme manager for dairy, describes the challenges facing the dairy supply chain in the article below.