(Business in Cameroon) - In 2017, Cameroon’s dairy production was estimated at 239,000 tons and the livestock department -Minepia- said output has increased by an average of 7% per annum since 1994.

Despite this very low increase, the ministry said, milk production is stagnating and deficit is a bit higher than 120,000 tons per year. Hurdles to dairy production growth, according to Minepia, include poor genetic performance of cows, prevalence of diseases with a high impact on milk production in certain areas coupled with insufficient appropriation of technological innovations by producers.

As solutions, actions have been undertaken under the livestock development project, backed by development partners. These include the gradual acquisition of dairy cattle and the genetic improvement of local ones, the production of bovine animal germplasms and the structuring of distribution channels for milk collection and distribution.

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