Dairy hubs in East Africa: Lessons from the
East Africa Dairy Development project
A talk by Isabelle Baltenweck and Gerald Mutinda on the
hub approach promoted by the East Africa Dairy Development
project and its impact on farmers and communities.
Venue: John Vercoe Auditorium, ILRI Nairobi
Other ILRI offices will connect via WebEx
Date: Wednesday 26 June 2013
Time: 1500 to 1600 hours
The 20-minute talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
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About the speakers
Isabelle Baltenweck is an
agricultural economist at ILRI
with 12 years of experience in
smallholder livestock farming in
sub-Saharan Africa and South
Asia, mostly on competitiveness
in dairy systems and value chain
research for development. She
coordinates ILRI’s activities in
EADD.
Gerald Mutinda is the EADD
regional manager in charge of
dairy productivity, gender and
youth. He has over 10 years of
experience in rural and
agricultural development
programming in East Africa and
has supported farmer
organizations and cooperatives
in dairy, coffee and horticulture
value chains.
Overview of the project
Started in January 2008, the East Africa Dairy
Development (EADD) project is working in Kenya,
Rwanda and Uganda to transform the lives of 179,000
families (about 1 million people) by doubling household
dairy income in 10 years through integrated
interventions in dairy production, market access and
knowledge application.
The project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and implemented by Heifer International,
African Breeders Services - Total Cattle Management, the
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
TechnoServe and the World Agroforestry Centre.
www.heifer.org/eadd