VALUE CHAINS IN THE DAIRY SECTOR
Student Projects
ANSC 472

Project details

 

Formal supply chain projects

 

 

Project 2

 
Students

Project Title

TO EVALUATE WATER USE EFFICIENCY ENHANCING INNOVATIONS IN THE FORMAL DAIRY VALUE CHAIN

 

Students

Students undertaking the project (L - R): Susan M. Kamau, Jackton K. Kibet, Abraham K. Kiprono and Faith M. Ndungu

Project background

Water scarcity is a growing limitation in the livestock production processes especially in areas where water supply has not marched the demand for industrial, domestic, environmental and agriculture. With the demand for milk continuing to rise, there is extra demand on the scarce fresh water supply. Actors in the dairy value chain therefore have to apply innovations enhancing livestock water productivity (LWP). LWP is a ratio of livestock beneficial outputs and service to water depleted in the production process. Gaining comparative advantage depends on application of innovation to improve LWP in the supply chain.
There is therefore need to adopt innovations that increase LWP so as to achieve more production per unit of water depleted.

 

Project Justification

Improvement in Water use efficiency through increasing the amount of production and reducing water application e.g., reducing water loses to wind, evaporation and correcting water losses from pumps, lines and equipment to allow for equity in informal and formal actors in dairy production processes with respect to fresh water for feed production, drinking and services  including product supply..

 

Specific Learning Outcomes expected from participants on completion of case study

  1. To have identified specific components in the formal dairy value chain
  2. To have identified the source of water and determine their relative contribution to each component in the dairy value chain.
  3. To have analyzed the quality status of water used in the dairy value chain.
  4. To have identified other uses that competes for fresh water in the dairy process along the formal dairy value chain.
  5. To have estimated the livestock water productivity (LWP) variation along the dairy value chain.
  6. To have conducted the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis on innovations practices applied in all the components along the dairy value chain to improve livestock water productivity.
  7. To have conducted an assessment of the vulnerability of the components of dairy value chain to increase water scarcity situation.

 

Status

Funded: On-going