Analysis of agribusiness value chains servicing small-holder dairy farming communities in Punjab, Pakistan: three case studies

This study aims to analyse three case studies of smallholder dairy farming in Pakistan. The study involved two stages. The first stage involved a scoping study which used a purposive sampling method to identify and sample fresh, unpackaged milk and informal and formal chains in both districts. Twenty-seven producers, eleven small, eight medium and five large Dhodhis, twenty-two retailers, two formal processors and eleven consumers were interviewed personally by the first author, using four different questionnaires. In total twenty-five, informal chains and two formal processor chains werestudied. The questionnaires were developed using a simple value chain analysis framework to identify key functions being performed along the chain