FC WAMCO and the Fulani: developing local fresh milk supply chains

About the partnership

Animal Production Related

Nigeria

This partnership aims to develop local production capacity and supply of fresh milk by investing in infrastructure and capacity building needs to create a stable market, empower and integrate local Fulani milk producers (mostly women) into this supply chain. Nigeria’s demand for milk products is estimated at 1.3 million tons per annum of which just 40% is locally produced, the rest 60% is imported. This huge demand-supply gap has always been bridged by importing powdered milk. As a result the government is willing to improve productivity of the agricultural sector and reduce imports of milk.

About the business champion

FrieslandCampina Wamco is a company registered in Nigeria and an affiliate of Royal FrieslandCampina in The Netherlands. It processes milk into different dairy products sold on the Nigerian market and plays a leadership role in the Nigerian dairy industry through its Dairy Development Program and sales of nutritious quality dairy products to Nigerian consumers

Key interventions

Improve the formation of dairy farmers cooperatives formation, development and professionalization

Improve the coordination between different value chain actors and strengthen their collaboration

Increase women's economic activity through marketing & distribution of BoP products and market development

Improving the productivity of local dairy cows by introducing cross breeding programs, improved feed & forage, etc.

7,920 smallholder farmers involved

30 micro-small and medium enterprises involved

35 producer organizations involved (dairy cooperatives)

€ 2,257,766 private sector co-investment

50,000 BoP consumers with better access to nutritious food

Get in touch

Curious about this partnership? Get in touch with the partnership facilitator.

E-mail Mohammed Zailani

Partnership Facilitator

	Mohammed Zailani
	mzailani@2scale.org

Project partners

National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI)

The partnership signed MOU with NAPRI to collaborate on dairy improvement activities in the areas of trainings on cattle upgrade, pasture development and conservation.

Ceva Sante International

International veterinary drug supplier. It will conduct trainings on basic herd health programs and proper use of veterinary products especially antibiotics, acaricides and anti-protozoans.

Zoetic ALPHA

Leading animal health company. With more than 60 years of experience in animal health, Zoetis discovers, develops, manufactures and markets veterinary vaccines and medicines, complemented by diagnostic products, genetic tests, biodevices and a wide range of services

Terratiga Nigeria

A feed mill company located in Lagos. The collaboration is focused on feed concentrate and additives to improve milk production of indigenous breed, also explore possibilities on feed conservation.

Animal Care Konsult Nigeria

Specialized in all aspects of livestock development. The collaboration focuses on local feed compounding using available feed resources to improve milk yields.

Financial institutions

Ipapo micro finance bank, First bank of Nigeria, United bank for Africa and Guarantee Trust bank Nigeria Ltd all are part of actors in the partnership. Currently all milk payments are done through the banks and exploring possibilities on access to finance by producer organizations