SOMALI PASTORAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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SOMALI PASTORAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

• Puntland State of Somalia

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FUNDED BY THE EC.IMPLEMENTED BY VSF GERMANY,
IN PUNTLAND

• OVERALL OBEJECTIVE
• Improved milk hygiene from udder to the consumer
  and preservation during the surplus seasons.

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OBJECTIVES

• Improve the hygiene
• Improve transportation system by introducing
  evaporative cooling.
• Encourage use of traditional milk containers
• Introduce dairy processing techniques to preserve
  milk during times of surplus.
• Construction of 12 village milk centres to enable
  the beneficiaries organise their milk trade
  better.

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Area Covered

• 12 Sites in Gardo, Dangoroyo and Garowe districts
  
• Garaclaghudhal,
• Faleyreyale
• Jallam,
• Yombeys,
• Hasbahalle,
• Sinujif,
• Dangoroyo,
• Shire( combined Haji khayr and Libow)
• Yako
• Sanjilbo
• Libahar
• Burtinle
• Market intervention Bosaso milk market
• Market intervention in Garowe milk market

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ACTIVITIES TO DATE

• TOT WORKSHOP HELD IN GARDO AT THE MAANDEQ MILK
  FACTORY(UNA/EC)
• Mastitis screening
• Milking hygiene
• Milk handling hygiene
• Encourage use of traditional containers or modern
  aluminium milk cans as opposed to plastic jerry
  cans
• Dairy products processing techniques to preserve
  during surplus seasons sweets, ghee, cheese,
  fermented products)

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ACTVITIES TO DATE

• Carried 10 stakeholders workshops involving all
  the 12 sites-2 of the workshops were combined
  i.e. Faleryalle and Garaclagudal, Yombeys and
  Hasbahalle.
• Working committees of for the 12 sites formed
  with the appointment of office holders-Chairman,
  Secretary, Treasurer.
• Land donations for the construction sites of the
  village milk centres.

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ACTIVITIES TO DATE

• Committee meetings to identify training needs for
  the office holders as pertaining to the running
  of the Village milk centres
• Follow up by the Socio-economic consultant to
  also identify the same above and OVIs for the
  projects impact

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ACTIVITIES TO DATE

• Carried milk quality monitoring runs in
  catchments areas around Garowe
• Chemical composition of the milk. Checked for
  adulteration of milk. camel and goat)
• Bacterial load of the milk at various stages.
  i.e. The producer points, transporters and market
  level
• These results will be used as controls during the
  implementation of the project to ascertain the
  impact of the project.

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ACTIVITIES TO DATE

• Carried out successful Milk Days in Garowe and
  Bosaso.
• Dramatisation and Poems by the Puntland Walalos.
• Minister of Livestock and Agriculture and
  Enviroment.(guest of honour) women milk vendors,
  students, local authorities, INGOs, local NGOs
  and the general public.
• Media coverage by various media companies.

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ACTIVITIES TO DATE

• Distributed aluminium milk cans to the
  beneficiaries through their respective village
  milk centres working committees.

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Constraints and shortcomings

• Delay in construction of the village milk centres
  due to budget amendment
• Failed to carry out village awareness activities
  due failed delivery of promises to the
  beneficiaries. i.e. VMC constructions
• Insecurity whereby expatriates were evacuated at
  one point.

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