The launch of Ka-Mero Camel Milk Yoghurt demonstrates how research institutions can play a transformative role in promoting food security, improving public health, supporting pastoral livelihoods, and driving industrial development.
The event was also attended by CECM Agriculture Damaris Kavoi, area MCA Daniel Musau and Chief Officer Japheth Kiminza among other officers.
Brookside’s strategy offers a compelling blueprint for other African agro-processors. Instead of engaging in brutal price wars on supermarket shelves, the processor is securing guaranteed volume via B2B (Business to Business) institutional contracts.
Dairy farmers will soon earn more for producing high-quality milk as the government shifts from quantity-based to quality-based payments.
The site will span 117,000 hectares of agricultural land and is designed to support 270,000 dairy cows.