The Mozambique government seeks partnership for milk production

GOVERNMENT is looking for a professional partnership to streamline the milk value chain in the Beira and Dondo dairy basin, in Sofala province. The idea, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER), is to revitalize the production of this food and its derivatives based on the operationalization of the milk and dairy factory located in the city of Beira. In 2013, the Government acquired the old facilities of the margarine factory in Beira with the aim of transforming it into a milk and dairy factory, as a strategy for the expansion and sustainability of milk production in the cities of Beira and Dondo, in an estimated investment in more than 50 million meticais. In this context, MADER intends to hire new professional management for the factory, with a view to boosting the milk value chain throughout the Beira-Dondo dairy basin. MADER considers that the production of milk is one of the biggest weaknesses of the livestock subsector in Mozambique. Currently, ...