Challenges of
Nigerian Dairy Development
Programme
Akinade Samson Adebayo
adebayo.akinade@frieslandcampina.com
ILRI-CTA African Dairy Value Chain Seminar,
Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 September 2014

Challenges of Dairy Development
 Mobility of the Fulani (cattle) herders
 Lack of potable water, earthen dams and
irrigation systems
 Lack of infrastructure (road network, power etc.)
 Lack of good quality pastures and grazing areas
 Dairy farming/farmers not organized
 Lack of sufficient full service milk collection centres and quality control
facilities
 Lack of state regulation of markets with regard to quality standards
and control
 Ineffective disease monitoring, evaluation and control
 Inadequate farmers’ support services like Artificial
Insemination (AI), veterinary services, farm
mechanization service, and extension services
 Lack of reliable data collection and management

Challenges of Dairy Development
 Low genetic potential of local
breeds
 Suitability of individual animals
further limited by poor feeding at
young age
 Reluctance of Fulanis to accept
modern and more efficient dairy
farming systems.
 Insufficient availability of improved seed of adaptable
varieties of pasture, and arable crops
 Poor reproductive health of cattle herds
 Limited availability of by-products
especially protein rich
oil seed meal
 High cost of milk collection,
quality control and transport
systems
 Poor education and language
barrier

Thank You
P