(Ecofin Agency) - To attract Kenyan milk producers, Brookside Dairy Limited, the milk market’s leader, decided to increase milk’s farm gate price from KSh26 shillings ($0.25) to KSh37 ($0.36) per liter.

By increasing the prices, the company wants to align its price with that of its rival Kenya Co-operative Creameries (New KCC). It also  intends to stand out by getting involved in the upstream activities of the milk supply chain.

By doing so, the company wants to promote the adoption, by farmers, of modern fodder production and anaerobic conservation (oxygen-free) techniques to ensure an adequate feeding of livestock during the dry season.

Let’s note that Brookside Dairy (founded in 1993 in Kenya) sources commodities from 300 dairy cooperatives. The company processes 1.5 million liters of milk per day and makes various by-products such as butter; fresh and fermented milk as well as milk powder.

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