Description

Market Potential

• Rwanda dairy sector has undergone a dramatic transformation as a result of different national programmes:
• Introduction of new cattle breeds
• A robust insemination program.
• An effective diseases control program.
• The one cow per poor family program that has distributed cows to Rwandans families.
• This transformation has led to an increase in milk from 92,628 tons in 1999 to 254,185 in 2006 and 489,961 in 2012.
• The highest increase have been recorded after introduction of the one cow per poor family program.
• The national dairy strategy envisages a production of 13% per year. 

Investment Opportunity

• A milk collection center complete with milk collection equipment will cost 120,000 USD. Every country in the region needs an average of 12 additional collection centers.
• The opportunities in processing include fermented milk, yoghurt, cheese, butter, ice-cream, milk powder, ghee, flavoured milk, sweetened milk, etc. The cost of a processing facility is 8.5 million USD.
• Partnerships with existing plants are possible and independent ventures are welcome.
• Packaging Plant for different milk products.