Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling

This report is a summary of the several activities pursued within the Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth, food and nutrition security in Africa and India. The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Tropics and Subtropics worked in the identification of technological innovations and further intervention in the dairy value chain, offering a potential solution for cooling milk from the earliest stage of milk production and
aiming at the reduction of milk spoilage. The Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development institute worked in the socioeconomic assessment of the technology. The case studies presented are for Tunisia and Kenya. Preliminary introduction of the technology took place in Tunisia before the commencement of the PARI project. The lessons learned in the introduction of the solar milk cooling technology in Tunisia and the improvements within the PARI project, along the intervention in the value chain in Tunisia, were transferred to Kenya. The protocol involves the documentation of the state-of-the-art milk production, followed by the introduction of
the technology, the adaptation and adoption by the farmers