Integrating informal actors into the formal dairy industry in Kenya through training and certification
| dc.creator | Omore, Amos O. | |
| dc.creator | Baker, Derek | |
| dc.date | 2011-12-31 | |
| dc.date | 2012-02-14T11:07:19Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-02-14T11:07:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T16:36:12Z | |
| dc.description | This paper reviews current thinking on the role of informal agribusiness in pro-poor development, and reports on the example of a recent dairy development project (the Smallholder Dairy Project) in Kenya. The project featured collaborative and participatory research, along with training and certification in milk handling practices as a practical mechanism optimizing milk quality and addressing regulatory barriers. It also targeted and helped achieve policy change, which enabled wider piloting of the training and certification activities incorporating a business development service approach by national authorities. Substantial welfare gains were achieved, as demonstrated in a recent impact assessment reviewed in the current paper. Current extensions of the project are described, and subsequent work outlined. Coherence with received wisdom is discussed along with future research topics. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16492 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/127844 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and International Livestock Research Institute | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Omore, A. and Baker, D. 2011. Integrating informal actors into the formal dairy industry in Kenya through training and certification. In: International Livestock Research Institute. Towards priority actions for market development for African farmers. Proceedings of an international conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 13-15 May 2009. Nairobi: AGRA and ILRI: 281-291. | |
| dc.subject | dairies | |
| dc.subject | livestock | |
| dc.title | Integrating informal actors into the formal dairy industry in Kenya through training and certification | |
| dc.type | Conference Paper |