Dairy Sector Dr Rutagwenda T DG-AR-MINAGRI 1

Restocking Introduction of new breeds Crossbreeding of local cows One cow per poor family Land reform (2008) Disease control Laws and regulations The sub-sector has been transformed due to a number of national programmes (No of cattle 1994: 172,000 – 2,014,892 in 2015)

Milk production tons/year: (55 tons in 2009 – in 2014)

Milk consumption per person per year (litres) 7.4 in 2009 to 59 in

Challenges of MCC ChallengesRecommendations -Milk control quality - Disease control - Few milk equipments - Small MCC capacity - Coop management issues - No MCC in area - Power shortage to cool milk -Old MCC infrastructures -- Roads infrastuctures -Improve the quality of milk - Management of udder and come up with mastitis and brucellosis control strategy - Coops to acquire extra cans for members. - Coops to acquire coolers. -Sort out the management issues (RCA/District/MINAGRI/MINALOC) -Plan for MCC Repair generators and fix issues, REG to connect 23 MCC to tri phase Rehabilitation Address feeder roads infrastructures

Milk quality control To promote marketing of milk and milk products should in the first place consider its quality. The ministry has put in place a ministerial instruction and guidelines through which producers, traders of milk and milk products should respect This is aimed at creating a sustainable market for the commodity produced within as well as imported milk in any formulation The ministry is putting more emphasis on the quality and safety of market milk and is laying the burden to the milk producer first than the trader

Regulations on transport and sale of milk in place 7

DISEASE CONTROL  Programs exist to control epidemic diseases (FMD, LSD) through regular vaccination  Mastitis control strategy. Educating the population is a continuous process to apply hygiene in milk handling.  Farmers education is important in delivering quality milk  Improve milk lab testing from farm, Mcc and milk reception points  Extend this control to zoonotic diseases especially brucellosis

9 Milk value chain 100 MCCs are available in the country; 28 MCCs working very well, 58 MCCs are moderate and 14 MCCs not working properly MCC operating as a hub of services for farmers Built and equipped by GoR, but managed by farmers’ cooperatives

10 Milk processing MILK BASINDAIRY PLANTComments NyagatareINYANGE Industries -Currently processing 15,000 l per day of sour milk, -Rest of the milk comes to the Kigali plant KigaliINYANGE Industries Processing 70,000 l per day into UHT, Yogurt, Butter and Pasteuralized milk sold in milk zones NyanzaNYANZA Dairy -Currently processing 4,000 l sour milk per day - Short term rehabilitation plans and budget for increasing capacity to 20,000 l per day are available - There are medium term plans to upgrade to 50,000 l per day GicumbiBlessed Dairy - Collects, cools and delivers 25,000 litres/day to Inyange - Processes daily 5,000 litres into Yogurt, Fresh cream, Pasteuralized milk, Skimmed milk, Butter and Mozallera cheese GishwatiMUKAMIRA Dairy - Installation of equipments completed - Testing and commissioning to start after privatization. RusiziRUSIZI Dairy - Installation of transformer and construction of waste water treatment plant to be completed by March 2016

11 ADDRESS FEEDS AND FEEDING Feeds and feeding -Increasing feeds and fodder production by distributing more fodder seeds -Development of feeding strategies using agro industrial by-products -Popularizing cheap feed technologies (silage and hay) -Expand water facilities in Eastern province, -Increase rain water harvesting techniques

12 Livestock watering infrastructure In Eastern province 1 watering site serving 725 farms covering 5500 ha with 11,000 cattle and 36,000 people in Rwempasha,Tabagwe, Musheli and Rwemiyaga complete

One cow per poor family program Support Girinka for its benefits of increasing milk, manure, income Support the GoR to reach its target of 350,000 households from 230,350 Link producers through use of lead farmers (LF) to MCCs Fix issues in Girinka Promote "igikumba cy'umudugudu program (village kraal) and a lead farmer (LF) to reduce costs of production and milk collection More mobilization to increase number to poor people

14 One Cup of Milk per Child Possible because of processing capacity in the country: Implemented in 112 schools from 15 Districts Covering 84,702 school children from nursery to P3 Scaling up and sustainability of the program being developed

Improve milk collection centres Diversify milk processed products Address the issue of animal feeds : Increase extension services for new dairy farmers : Development of skills in dairy processing technology: Increase cold chain logistics: Increase number and distribution of milk zones by private processors: Increasing collection and processing capacity, developing skills of dairy farmers and processors and establishing cold chain logistics and product diversification are important

Rwanda possesses the potential to develop a dairy industry which can serve domestic and regional markets Milk production is increasing but needs collection, processing and marketing. Rwanda can serve region with milk and milk products. Good road network Market is available 16 and

Way forward Increase AI efficiency through training of cooperatives and districts (Inseminators).  Divided the country into zones where to focus interventions (Nyagatare, Nyanza, Gishwati, Rusizi and Nyamasheke)  Increase awareness, efficiency and productivity through training farmers on heat detection, husbandry and milk handling  Expand the distribution mechanisms and networks for semen to districts, including decentralising the semen banks to 1 sub-center per 2 sectors.  Out scale the success/best-practices registered at RAB stations and Gicumbi so as to increase the conception/success rates and reduce repeated inseminations./ (Gicumbi has AI cooperatives, Farmer coops and administration)  Engage NGOs such as Land O’ lakes, Send a Cow, HPI, etc. to out scale their operations to engage more farmers and more cattle in their areas of operation

18 Way forward  The sub-sector has a potential to achieve higher targets of production and marketing;  Need to attract the Private sector to complement Public investment in this sub-sector