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Dairy development and internal dairy marketing in sub-Saharan Africa : performance, policies, and options
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Dairy development and internal dairy marketing in sub-Saharan Africa : performance, policies, and options
In sub-Saharan Africa, where the demand for dairy products far outstrips the supply, improved dairy marketing systems are badly needed, both to efficiently distribute imported products and to provide rural producers with better access to urban markets.
Mbogoh, Stephen G. · 1984
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Abstract
This study examines national dairy marketing policies in sub-Saharan Africa. The study first examines overall trends in dairy production, consumption, and prices, and then looks specifically at the dairy market structures of Kenya, Ethiopia, Burundi, Nigeria, and Zambia, concluding that sub-Saharan governments have tended to favor the establishment of large, monopolistic, state-owned dairy marketing enterprises. As a rule, these enterprises, operating at government-fixed producer prices, have been been unable to stimulate production increases. It appears that the region will continue to depend on dairy imports for the foreseeable future. Hardly any detailed dairy marketing studies have been undertaken in sub-Saharan Africa, and as a result, little is known about the relative efficiencies of alternative dairy marketing systems. The author concludes by identifying critical dairy marketing issues needing further research. Provided are 63 references (1961-84) and 28 tables.
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