DairyPost Africa • May 2014
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Holiness Mavila, chairperson of the Mwafuga Wumingu Dairy Group, with Brookside Dairy’s Daniel Nyongesa at the processor’s Wumingu Plant, Taita Taveta County.
working philosophy that encourages farmers
to build their volumes and today, our supply
has hit the 2,500 kg mark each day!
“It has been a journey well-travelled.
Brookside has been organizing dairy
training courses to teach us about
husbandry issues, including ways of
continually growing the daily volumes.
“Many of our farmers also learnt from the
courses that there lies better returns in
improving our herds. We invested in AI
services, and for many households here, the
benefits are just beginning to show.
“From 2011, Brookside Dairy has been
sponsoring us to the Brookside Livestock
Breeders Show and Sale in Nairobi. When
we look at the kind of animals on show at
the event, we tell ourselves: we want to have
similar, highly productive cows. The dairy
business in volume dependent, and the
more you deliver, the better the returns!
“From both the show and the training
courses, we learnt that animal feeding
is central to efforts at improved milk
production. Before, members would