• Support project for the local milk sector and employment of young people and women to improve livestock farmers' incomes in Forest Guinea

    • Durée 32 months
    • Pays MembresGuinée
    • Liens externes du projet
    • Partenaires FinanciersCEDEAO - DDC
    • Partenaire TechniquesDirection Régionale de l’Elevage de N’Zérékoré ; Fédération Régionale des Eleveurs en Guinée Forestière ; AIGO (Agro-Industrielle Guinée-Oil) ; URGVL (Union Régionale des Groupements de Vente de Lait) ; Microfinance LELONY Guinée (LG).
    • BudgetUS$ 320,498.34
    Découvrir plus d’indicateurs concernant le projet

In Guinea, the local milk industry is characterized by: a shortage of milk due to the difficulty of acquiring high-performance animals; poor access to appropriate dairy farm facilities, feed and veterinary care; and a low level of stakeholder structuring and integration of the various links in the value chain around dairy basins and other services. Several actions will enable the scaling-up of models for milk and feed production sites, functional multi-service collection centers, diverse milk processing units, standardization of processed products and the promotion of models for the development of local milk markets.

This project is based on four main levers for action:

  • Strengthening the institutional, organizational and technical capacities of beneficiary groups: This will enable the development of an organizational and institutional dynamic at the level of each beneficiary group, with a view to promoting a mode of operation based on basic principles defined collegially by the members and deemed legitimate. It is strategically based on training and support/advice on several themes (pasteurization, fermentation, sterilization, skimming, etc.) to master the local milk chain
  • Strengthening the operational capacities of project beneficiary groups in milk production, processing and marketing.
  • Development of interactions between project beneficiary groups: This involves interactions between producer and forage crop groups, breeders and dairy farmers, technical livestock services and industry players (groups, associations, federations, etc.)
  • Capitalizing on the project's achievements: This refers to the entire system for monitoring and evaluating indicators and capitalizing on the project's achievements and failures

To create a favorable environment for increasing milk production (animals, fodder) and marketing dairy products, in order to provide sustainable employment opportunities for young people and women.

Specific objectives

icon01.
To support the organization of farmers to develop family-type dairy farming models that offer better conditions for local milk production
icon02.
To set up an entrepreneurial farm
icon03.
To support the contractualization of farms with local milk sellers
icon04.
To support and promote promotional actions for local milk

The implementation strategy will be participatory, aiming to involve all stakeholders, and will be based on the following main aspects:

 

iconComposante 1
The transfer of knowledge and skills necessary for the production and marketing of quality milk through training and support/advice focused on "how to do it";
iconComposante 2
The development of interactions between the beneficiaries of the action with the aim of promoting the value chain approach for greater sustainability of the project's achievements
iconComposante 3
Strengthening the logistical and operational capacities of beneficiary groups to support quality in the production of livestock, meat and milk
iconComposante 4
The implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system based on the collection and analysis of information relating to the various indicators and the reporting of the results of the analysis
iconComposante 5
The implementation of a more coherent communication plan aimed at disseminating all possible information on the action to stakeholders through various means (periodic reports, leaflets, email, telephone, etc.)
 
iconComposante 6
The recruitment of professionals experienced in managing local dairy projects. A steering committee will be set up to review and assess the strategy's effectiveness on a quarterly basis.

Résultat 1

  • An entrepreneurial farm is set up

Résultat 2

  • The organization of farmers to develop family-type dairy farming models that offer better conditions for local milk production is supported

Résultat 3

  • Contractualization with local milk sellers is effective

Résultat 4

  • Promotional actions for the local milk sector are promoted and supported