Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa

FAO 2003 data indicate that Africa imported over 5.6 million tonnes liquid milk equivalent worth about US$ 1.8 billion or 29% of the world dairy import trade. Part of this demand-supply gap for value added dairy products could be filled by processed dairy products from within the African region. Whi...

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Main Authors: Kurwijila, Lusato R., Lore, Tezira A., Omore, Amos O.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Research Institute 2005
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1166
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Lore, Tezira A.
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description FAO 2003 data indicate that Africa imported over 5.6 million tonnes liquid milk equivalent worth about US$ 1.8 billion or 29% of the world dairy import trade. Part of this demand-supply gap for value added dairy products could be filled by processed dairy products from within the African region. While Africa produces about 28.7 million tonnes of milk annually (26.7 kg/per capita), in most countries more than 85% is sold as raw milk thus raising quality and food safety concerns. The paper reviews and discusses technologies that have been developed to address these problems including improvement of milk handling by informal milk traders, traditional fermentations, butter and cheese processing, milk preservation using lactoperoxidase (LPS) and in-pouch pasteurisation of liquid milk. It is concluded that Africa's dairy industry needs to grow from an industry dominated by informal actors to small and medium enterprises answering the needs of the changing socio-economic landscape of African countries.
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spelling CGSpace11662025-11-04T16:27:05Z Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa Kurwijila, Lusato R. Lore, Tezira A. Omore, Amos O. food safety animal products dairying FAO 2003 data indicate that Africa imported over 5.6 million tonnes liquid milk equivalent worth about US$ 1.8 billion or 29% of the world dairy import trade. Part of this demand-supply gap for value added dairy products could be filled by processed dairy products from within the African region. While Africa produces about 28.7 million tonnes of milk annually (26.7 kg/per capita), in most countries more than 85% is sold as raw milk thus raising quality and food safety concerns. The paper reviews and discusses technologies that have been developed to address these problems including improvement of milk handling by informal milk traders, traditional fermentations, butter and cheese processing, milk preservation using lactoperoxidase (LPS) and in-pouch pasteurisation of liquid milk. It is concluded that Africa's dairy industry needs to grow from an industry dominated by informal actors to small and medium enterprises answering the needs of the changing socio-economic landscape of African countries. 2005-09-19 2010-04-11T19:49:13Z 2010-04-11T19:49:13Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1166 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Kurwijila, L., Lore, T. and Omore, A. 2005. Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa. Paper presented at the fourth All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA), Arusha, Tanzania, 19-23 September 2005. Nairobi (Kenya): ILRI.
spellingShingle food safety
animal products
dairying
Kurwijila, Lusato R.
Lore, Tezira A.
Omore, Amos O.
Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa
title Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa
title_full Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa
title_fullStr Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa
title_short Technologies for enhancing value addition, quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in Africa
title_sort technologies for enhancing value addition quality and safety of milk produced by smallholder farmers in africa
topic food safety
animal products
dairying
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1166
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