Case study 6: Field studies to evaluate the benefits on milk production of providing smallholder farmers in Kenya access to credit to allow shifting of concentrate feeding to early lactation

Objectives

The primary objective is:

To investigate the potential for shifting to early lactation the allocation of concentrates fed to cows by smallholder dairy farmers in the central highlands of Kenya by arranging access to credit from the dairy cooperatives to which they sell their milk.

A subsidiary objective necessary for an initial on-station study is:

To determine the manner in which concentrate should be reallocated - namely the level that should be given and over what period the reallocation should take place.