WAMCO signs MoU on dairy development programme

FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria and Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on Nigeria Dairy Development Programme (NDDP).
Corporate Affairs Director of the company, Mrs Ore Famurewa, said on Thursday in statement in Lagos that the MoU was in initiated to support the Federal Government’s Dairy Transformation Agenda.
Famurewa said that the NDDP was aimed at strengthening the Dairy Transformation Agenda.
She said that this would be achieved by demonstrating proof-of-scale in the country’s processor-led initiatives for dairy development as modelled by FrieslandCampina WAMCO’s Dairy Development Programme (DDP).
“Since 2010, FrieslandCampina WAMCO has been driving the need to scale up dairy development that tends to become a national programme in the country.
“This is through the FrieslandCampina WAMCO’s DDP, an inclusive business model.
“So far, the DDP has recorded key milestones including the involvement of over 900 women in its supply chain.
“By this MoU, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria and Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory will seek to share their respective strengths, experiences, technologies, methodologies and resources.”
She said that it would help the company to deepen and widen engagement with smallholder milk suppliers.
She noted that the NDDP project would support FrieslandCampina WAMCO in scaling its activities in Oyo state, while also incorporating gender and nutrition considerations into its engagement with farmers.
Famurewa said that the partnership would allow Oyo State Government, under its Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development was to provide a conducive and enabling environment to support the objectives of the programme.
She added that the state government would also drive the identification of local dairy community groups, particularly women in the state to engage in the programme.
She said that the partnership would also provide extension officers to work with the partners.