Dairy Outlook is a service of FAO’s  Trade and Markets Division

Thank you to Serena for sending in this information on Senegal.  I invite other members of the list to study the links below and provide their comments – for example, how applicable would this type of project be to other countries in the region and elsewhere?

Serena’s report is very interesting from several points of view:

·       it appears that this small project is the only dairy in Senegal (a country with a population of 14 million) using locally produced milk. 

·       the milk is distributed to children as thiakry a regional product based on yogurt and millet/couscous which is fortified with vitamins.

·       support is provided a Danone social development fund.

·       the thiakry is distributed in tubes to the children (see video)

In the YouTube Video - School Feeding in Senegal  it is not clear if the thiakry is in UHT or pasteurized tubes.   Perhaps someone could answer this?

Some links to what thiakry is an how it is made are given below:

http://www.recettesafricaine.com/thiakry.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThiakryThiakry (also spelled thiacry or chakery) is a sweet millet couscous dish eaten in West Africa.[1][2] The wheat or millet granules are mixed with milk, sweetened condensed milk, or yogurt, as well as dried fruit such as raisins, desiccated coconut, and spices such as nutmeg.

Michael

 

 

From: Newsletter on production and trade development in the dairy sector [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of FAO-Dairy-Outlook
Sent: 25 February 2015 10:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Senegal: School milk programs in Africa

 

Dairy Outlook is a service of FAO’s  Trade and Markets Division

Dear Helene,

 

you find here an experience of school milk programs from Senegal: http://www.lexpress.fr/emploi/business-et-sens/senegal-ameliorer-la-nutrition-a-l-ecole-quelle-realite-sur-le-terrain_1256801.html

 

Kind regards,

 

Serena

 

Pôle Pastoralisme Zones Sèches (PPZS)

Dakar - Sénégal

 

2015-02-24 9:09 GMT+00:00 FAO-Dairy-Outlook <[log in to unmask]>:

Dairy Outlook is a service of FAO’s  Trade and Markets Division

Dear all,

 

I am writing a book chapter about a school yogurt program in Tanzania and its collaboration with smallholder farmers. I am wondering if any of you have publications, or information relating to school milk programs in Africa, or the developing world in general? I am interested to read about experiences in other countries on how they coordinate, fund, include small dairy farmers etc. in school milk programs.

 

Best wishes,

 

Helene

 

Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric),

Norway

 

 



To unsubscribe from the School-Milk-L list, click the following link:
&*TICKET_URL(School-Milk-L,SIGNOFF);