Omore, Amos

Baker, Derek

2009

This paper reviews current thinking on the role of informal agribusiness in pro-poor development, and reports on the example of a recent dairy development project (the Smallholder Dairy Project) in Kenya. The project featured collaborative and participatory research, along with training and certification in milk handling practices as a practical mechanism optimizing milk quality and addressing regulatory barriers. It also targeted and helped achieve policy change, which enabled wider piloting of the training and certification activities incorporating a business development service approach by national authorities. Substantial welfare gains were achieved, as demonstrated in a recent impact assessment reviewed in the current paper. Current extensions of the project are described, and subsequent work outlined. Coherence with received wisdom is discussed along with future research topics.

Towards Priority Actions for Market Development for African Farmers, p. 281-291

9789291462605

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53838

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International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Integrating informal actors into the formal dairy industry in Kenya through training and certification

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