Daily milk processing capacity has risen from 869,800 litres in 2014 to 1.3m litres last year

The dairy sector has grown faster compared to the food and cash crop sub-sectors, the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) has stated.

The regulator says Uganda’s domestic dairy production was 5.07 million tonnes of milk in 2015 compared to 3.0 million tonnes in 2014.

Meanwhile, the country’s daily milk processing capacity has risen from 869,800 litres in 2014 to 1.3m litres last year at 42 milk processing plants in the country.

 

DDA says the value chain in the dairy sector has led to growth of other sectors that include dairy ingredients dealers, raw milk traders, milk transporters, mini-dairies, large-scale milk processors and distributors.

“Most of the processors have introduced purification and thermal treatment techniques and, as regulators, DDA is more concerned with consumer safety and hygiene,” says Musa Kubula, the DDA principal dairy development officer.

He was speaking during Jesa farm dairy campaign launch named ‘Full of Life’ at Serena hotel recently. The campaign is endearing more Ugandans to the Jesa milk brand.

“As processors, we must counter the international milk market, hence need for quality products and better packaging,” says Jesa executive director Geoffrey Mulwana.