Kenya's Brookside records 20pc growth in number of raw milk suppliers as more farmers join dairy

Brookside's General Manager John Gethi      [ PHOTO  BY STANDARD]

Kenya: Milk processor Brookside has registered a growth of 20 per cent in raw milk supplier numbers over the past three months, as more farmers turn to dairy as a generator of family income.

General Manager in charge of milk procurement and extension services, John Gethi, said new incentives targeting dairy producers, including provision of dairy equipment to farmers and assured payments for milk delivered, had seen the processor's farmer numbers grow to nearly 160,000 countrywide.