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Digital technology is facilitating local milk collection, in this case in Senegal © J. D. Cesaro, CIRAD

Science at work 24 January 2022

Bridging the digital divide in West Africa's agricultural sector

En Afrique de l'Ouest, seulement 1 à 7 % du lait produit localement est collecté par les industries laitières de la région. Les coûts élevés de collecte, dus notamment au manque d’infrastructures de transport, ne permettent pas au lait local de rivaliser avec les prix très compétitifs des poudres lactées européennes © E. Daou, Cirad

Call to action 8 December 2020

Local or imported: what is the most sustainable option for milk in the Sahel?

In Betafo, pre-collectors and farmers bring their milk each day on foot, by cart, by bike or by motorbike, despite the often bad roads during the rainy season, at the risk of spilling it at any time © M. Vigne, CIRAD

Expert view 28 May 2020

Covid-19 and food security | In Madagascar, the milk trade has dried up

Dairy herd on the VN FutureMilk farm north of Hanoi (2013) - Jean-Daniel Cesaro, CIRAD

Just out 26 March 2020

Promoting the sustainable development of livestock farming in Vietnam

Milk delivery in a Fula camp in northern Benin © G. Duteurtre, CIRAD

Science at work 12 June 2019

The diversity of local dairy products threatened by imports in West Africa

La 3e édition du symposium « Lait, vecteur de développement » se tient les 12 et 13 juin à Dakar au Sénégal.

Event 6 June 2019

"Milk, driver of development": an international symposium to invent more sustainable, inclusive dairy supply chains