NATIONAL DAIRY FORUMNATIONAL DAIRY FORUM, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 23-24

NOVEMBER 2010

KEY NOTE ADDRESS

GEERT WESTENBRINKAGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR

ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY

Enhancing Dairy Development in Ethiopia

Benefits of dairy development

Worldwide, dairy development contributes to:

Rural development: Regular income generation and food security

Urban development: Nutrition security leading to better health & school results

National development: Import substitution & export earnings

Some facts on dairy sector Ethiopia

Long tradition of consumption of dairy products but...

Consumption of dairy about 19 kg per capita per year; WHO recommendation: 175 kgGrowth of milk production equals population growthImports of dairy products are increasing: 300% increase in value between 2001 -2008Small portion of milk production reaches the formal market (about 2%)

Opportunities dairy development

Increasing demand, both urban & ruralFavourable physical conditions for dairyGTP focus on high value commodities &

role private sector in economic growthIncreasing investments of private

sector

To reach self-sufficiency, dairy development needs support

WHAT SYSTEM DO WE WANT?

Foto’s aantal systemen

What is needed for sustainable dairy development? (1)

1) Good economic prospects for chain actors

Production: Low cost price requires: reliable market; attractive price; more & better feed; more & better animals; input supply & services; management skills

Efficient collection, processing & marketing: quality control, product diversification; promotion of consumption

Requirements / challenges for sustainable dairy development (2)

2) Good enabling environment

government policies - level of protection, clarity on direction (vision)

support from research, education and extensioncoordination in value chain

1 (economic prospects) + 2 (enabling environment) = good business prospects

Why this workshop?

Government institutions, development organizations (donor supported, NGO’s) and private sector work on challenges facing dairy development

Growing number of private sector initiatives in the fields of input supply, production and processing

Need for exchange of experiences, coordination and how to proceed

Purpose of this workshop

To bring together stakeholders in the dairy sector to: Share experiences/ lessons learnt among

different stakeholders , Identify key challenges, opportunities and

possible interventions including setting priorities

Recommend options to achieve coherent regional and national dairy development policies, sustainable institutional set-ups and capacity building strategies

Organizers National Dairy Forum

MoARoyal Netherlands EmbassyEMDTISNVILRI - IPMSFAOLandO’LakesWageningen UR