32
DairyPost Africa • May 2014
Ninety litres of milk
from only
five cows
Very few dairy farmers can boast of getting 90 litres of
milk per day from five cows. But Grace Mumbi, 44, is
doing just that. She started out with two dairy cows but
now has five
W
hen we visited Mumbi at her
home in Ngong, she was in
mud boots tending to her dairy
cows. She has been practicing zero grazing
for two years now and has never regretted
her decision despite discouragement from
peers.
“I carried out research to find out whether
dairy farming in Ngong was viable. I work
in Kinangop and most people discouraged
me from starting a business if I would not be
available to supervise it,” she said. She also
practiced dairy farming in Kinangop but said
the business thrived better in Ngong.