Hit by Covid-19 and economic shocks, dairy sector limps on with promise
Hit by Covid-19 and economic shocks, dairy sector limps on with promise Smart Harvest By Peter Theuri | January 30th 2021 at 11:30:00 GMT +0300 Daniel Makau shows the milk cooler at Kikima Dairy Copperative Society, the producers of Makueni Fresh in Kikima town, Mbooni Consituency, Makueni County. [ Dennis Okeyo, Standard] When the year started, the dairy industry looked promising. Kenya was exporting nearly 47,000 kilogrammes of milk products in January, a figure that rose to 82,682 in February and then to 94,795 in March, Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) Data of July 2020 show. Then the figures ta...