Dairy industry players want school milk project revived

Nairobi; Kenya: Dairy industry players want the Government to revive the multi-million shilling school milk programme that collapsed in 1980s, following dismal performance of the agriculture sector. They say reintroducing the programme would boost consumption of dairy products locally and encourage farmers to produce more.

“Growing local consumption in the short, medium and long term is critical in developing this important sector. The school milk project holds the key to the industry’s complete revival,” said Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association Executive Director Peter Ngaruiya.