The Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association (ESADA) is a regional dairy industry membership association. The association was established in 2004 with a mandate of promoting trade in dairy industry across the region and international. Capacity building and exposure to technologies and practices will enhance competitiveness in the dairy industry thus enhancing intra-regional trade. ESADA has taken up organizing inbound and outbound dairy industry trade and exchange missions. This is aimed at exposing the players in the region to technologies and practices that can enhance their dairying. It is also aimed at stimulating business partnership not only among the hosting countries but also among the participants.

1. Report of the ESADA/NABC Dairy Industry Trade and Exchange Mission to the Netherlands and
Belgium
Date; April 16th – 21st 2015
The Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association (ESADA) is a regional dairy industry
membership association. The association was established in 2004 with a mandate of promoting
trade in dairy industry across the region and international. Capacity building and exposure to
technologies and practices will enhance competitiveness in the dairy industry thus enhancing
intra-regional trade.
ESADA has taken up organizing inbound and outbound dairy industry trade and exchange
missions. This is aimed at exposing the players in the region to technologies and practices that
can enhance their dairying. It is also aimed at stimulating business partnership not only among
the hosting countries but also among the participants.
ESADA organized the mission to the Netherlands and Belgium alongside Netherlands – African
Business Council (NABC). The mission was conceived in November 2014 and the first dates set on
March 26th but later on changed to April 16th due to other conflicting events. The mission covered
two countries Belgium and Netherlands. It included visits to the equipments processing
factories, dairy farms, animal feeds and nutrition manufacturers, milk processors among other
educational sites.
Day 1
1. Packo Visit
The mission which lasted
five days started on April
16th 2015 with a visit to the
PACKO Inox in Belgium.
PACKO is a leading supplier
of milk cooling systems,
cooling tanks, in Africa. They
have been supplied coolings
thank in East Africa for over
20 years. They have
factories in Europe and Asia.
For more information about
PACKO and the Cooling
systems they supply to Africa
Contact;
Thibaud Leys
Cooling Technologies, Packo Inox N.V. - Belgium
T + 32 50 250 644 ;Mob + 32 484 488 386
The delegates were able to see manufacturing of cooling tanks from scratch to finished
products. Different cooling systems were also presented and their efficiency and applicability in
African set-up.

2. Nuscience Visit
The group visit Nuscience and interacted with the lead nutritionist at the factory. The discussions
were very informative and enlightening. The company promised to attend the ESADA conference
and explore collaboration in enhancing feeding and feed management for increased productivity
in African Dairy. For more information contact ir.Jo Depandelaere, Assistant Export Manager
Nuscience, Gent, Belgium

3. Day 2
Milcobel Visit
The delegates visited
Milcobel milk
processor which is
fully owned by
farmers through
cooperative
movement.
Micobel is the largest
milk processor in
Belgium.
The delegates were
taken through the
cooperative
structures and
operations at
MICOBEL where they
were informed that
the farmers usually set
the price of their milk every month after receiving the management report. Besides the milk
payment the cooperators/farmers also get bonus payment/dividend at the end of the financial
year from the company’s operating profit.
The delegates were taken round the factory which primarily processes Mozarrela Cheese. The
factory processes approximately 200,000 kilos of mozzarella daily which translates to
approximately 1,500,000 liters daily. The plant is operated by less than 50 people. The delegates
were blown away by the efficiency at the plant.
Micobel visit was applauded by the delegates as a model of efficiency across the entire plants
operations and the operations of the cooperative.
MICOBEL would like to export their quality products to Africa and those interested can get in
touch with the following persons;
francis.relaes@milcobel.com; Eddy.Leloup@milcobel.com; Hans.DeBie@milcobel.com

4. Visit to the Embassy of Kenya at Brussels, Belgium
The delegates decided to make a detour through the Kenyan embassy in Brussels to make a
courtesy call to his
Excellency the
ambassador of the
republic of Kenya to
Belgium and Luxembourg
who is also the
ambassador of Kenya to
the European Union H.E
Johnson Weru.
The delegates were
received very warmly by
the ambassador at the
embassy. The ambassador
emphasized his
commitment to
supporting trade relations
between East Africa dairy
sector and the European
countries. He also offered support to any delegate who wishes to import equipments from
Europe to approach the Embassy for any assistance.
H.E. the ambassador also pledged his commitment to solicit support from the donor community
in the European countries for Agribusiness and more importantly dairy.

5. Day three
Visit to a Dairy Farm and Mueller
On the third day of the mission the delegates visited Borderij Landleven a modern dairy farm. The
delegates also had an opportunity of interacting with Mueller Milk Cooling Systems at the farm
as well as Muellers
senior management.
Borderij Landleven
farm has approximetly
500 cows. The farm is
managed by two
brothers and their
families. Most of the
operations at the farm
are mechanized and
highly automated. The
farm is able to deliver
25000 liters of milk
every three days.
The participants also
interacted with the farm
manager Mr. Adrie Vollering.
A short presentation and
discussions with Mueller and
the farm manager took place
at the Farm House.
Mueller is one of the leading
suppliers of high quality
cooling tanks in Africa. For
trade and sales enquiries
please get in touch with:
Hans Lambers
Export Manager, Mueller
hlambers@paulmueller.com
+31(0)592361600

6. Visit to Van den Huevel (Dairy Farm, Small processor and Dairy Equipments supplier)
On the third day of the mission, the participants visited Van den Huevel. This is a modern farm
which processes all the milk produced in the farm into cheese within the family owned facility.
The company is a renowned supplier of second hand dairy processing equipments as well as milk
coolers.
The participants interacted with the management of the company including the family which led
the tour through the dairy farm which has approximately 800 cows, the cheese processing
factory which processes approximately 10,000 liters of milk daily. The hallmark of the visit to Van
den Huevel was the secondhand processing equipment yard which has various dairy and food
processing equipments.
Day four
The participants used the fourth day of the mission to visit various touristic areas in Netherlands.
The delegates visited Amsterdam and the Hague where they visited historic areas.

7. Day Five
Dutch/Africa Match Making Seminar
The participants attended a match making session with the Dutch Dairy Partners at Utrecht in
Netherlands. The seminar was put together to network and share contacts. Various
presentations were made by ESADA and different Dutch companies. The lists of the participants
of the seminar and the presentation can be found at www.dairyafrica.com. If you would like to
get in touch with any of the participants of the seminar you can write to them directly. If you are
not sure of the right contact, get in touch with:
Lars Kramer
Programme Manager
Netherlands-African Business Council
lars.kramer@nabc.nl
Visit to GlobeMilk:
Globemilk B.V. is a Dutch dairy processor specialized in producing high quality milk and cream
products for the food industry, wholesale and retail. It is the only Dutch dairy processor of long
life milk products and it differentiates itself with the highest quality, reliability and flexibility.
GlobalMilk can
provide 'tailor-
made' milk
products. They
are open to
suggestions and
are always willing
to think along
with their clients.
GlobeMilk is a
family owned
processors with
capacity to
process over
200,000 liters of
milk dairy. The
participants
toured the factory
which is equipped
with the very
modern technologies for processing and packaging of the highest quality UHT milk which is
marketed throughout the world.

8. GlobeMilk is exploring export market in Africa. They are open to discussing with interested
importers in Africa. For trade enquiries you can get in touch with;
John Heckathorn
International Marketing & Sales Director
T: +314(0)85-565462
F: +314(0)85-565461
M: +31(06)-53711555
I: www.globemilk.com
E: john@globemilk.com
Or
Rob Branje
Commercieel Manager
robbranje@globemilk.com
Day Six
The mission ended on day six with a drive back to Brussels. The participants spent the night at
Antwerp and proceeded to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania the following day.
The list of the participants from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania is available at www.dairyafrica.com
The mission was very successful.