Development of Integrated Dairy Schemes In Afghanistan GCPAFG040GER

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Development of Integrated Dairy Schemes In
AfghanistanGCP/AFG/040/GER
April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2008
Lutfullah Rlung, National Field Manager of the
dairy project Film
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Development of Integrated Dairy Schemes in
Afghanistan

• GCP/AFG/040/GER funded by German Trust Fund
• Budget 1,5 million
• Project Staff One International and 31
  National staffs
• Counterparts 35 staff of MAIL
• Location Balkh, Kunduz, Kabul, Wardak and Logar
  provinces
• Beneficiaries
• Direct Milk Supplier 1220 families ,
  Artificial Insemination 18000 and Fodder crop
  program 1840 families
• Indirect All those people whom become regular
  customers/Consumers of marketing scheme and
  benefit from the purchase of improved quality
  dairy products

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Objectives

• Increase the consumable and saleable products
  from cattle production
• Develop processing and marketing structures for
  milk and dairy products
• Develop cooperative organizational structures for
  the management of the three dairy schemes in
  Kabul, Mazar and Kunduz provinces
• Assist MAIL for the development of policies and
  strategies for the dairy sector

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• Increase cattle production

• Improvement of genetic potential of local breed
  of milking cows through Artificial Insemination
• Fodder Crop Feeding (Demonstration, Seed
  production, commercial production and marketing
  for concentrated feed and mineral feed)
• Animal Health services
• Improvement of Cattle Housing
• Capacity building ( Farmers ( male female),
  Project staff, Government staff, NGOs staff and
  Leaderships cooperatives and union)

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2- Develop processing and marketing structures
for milk and dairy products

• As per daily recording of MCCs, Dairy farmers
  were received following amount
• 1. Afs 31.11 million (USD 627,318) was paid to
  farmers in Kabul area
• 2. Afs 20.69 million (USD 417,236) was paid to
  farmers in Mazar area
• 3. Afs 4.22 million (USD 85,166) was paid to
  farmers in Kunduz area.
• Dairy equipments were installed in Balkh and
  Guzergah dairy plant (Kabul) with 1000 liter/hr
  processing capacity
• Provision of dairy equipment and building for
  Kunduz dairy are under process.

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Increment of milk production and family income
generation
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2- Develop processing and marketing structures
for milk and dairy products
Total 4,474,211 liters milk were collected and
the following dairy product sold through 22 dairy
window shops to customers ( 13 window shop in
Mazar, 5 in Kabul and 4 window shop in Kunduz)
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3- Develop cooperative organizational structures
for the management of dairy schemes

• According the law of Gov, 15 milk producer
  cooperative societies officially registered with
  MAIL
• The first dairy union in Afghanistan is Kabul
  Dairy Union which was established on 30th
  November 2006 and has seven cooperative societies
  with 416 members
• The second dairy union in Afghanistan is Kunduz
  Dairy Union which was established on 13th January
  2007 and has four cooperative societies with 208
  members
• The 3rd dairy Union of the Balkh registered on
  27. May 2007 and has four cooperative societies
  with 290 members.

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4. Assist MAIL for the development of policies
and strategies for the dairy sector

• A committee for establishing policy guidelines
  and defining a legal framework for the
  development of the dairy sector (Dairy Policy
  Development Committee) in Afghanistan
• Two workshops were held for making dairy policy
  in Kabul
• Dairy policy drafted and will be finalized in the
  next workshop.

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Project Impact

• Increased access to regular and dependable raw
  milk market
• Increased women participation in the livestock
  production
• Increased household income from livestock
  production
• Contribution in part import substitution
• 95.33 FMD and tick born diseases are controlled
  and also zoonotic diseases and mastitis are under
  controlled in the targeted area of the project
• More than 45 selected farmers have improved
  breed of cattle
• More than 70 selected farmers have cultivated
  improved fodder crops
• Milk of each cow increased respectively from 1.11
  liter to 5.14 liters, during the last 5 years
  (Surplus milk )

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Challenges

• Improve present conditions of the processing
  facilities in term of size of the schemes and the
  technology in processing centers
• Increase milk production through intensification
  of production
• Face competition of dairy imports (including
  those produced locally from milk powder)
• Increase profit margins to maintain the schemes
• Enhance quality of milk and other dairy products
• Increase availability of qualified staff
• Change from aid to development mode (and
  attitude).
• Security