It is no doubt that the dairy sub-sector holds a transformative promise to farmers in East Africa given the historical and ongoing donor-driven initiatives in the region. Top on that list is the two-phased East African Dairy Development (EADD) program designed to increase milk yields and incomes and enhance livelihoods of small-scale farmers in East Africa. The second phase which started in 2014 and will end in 2018 will augment the success and experience from Phase I (2008-2013), that saw 179,000 dairy farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda double their incomes. Funded to the tune of USD 25.5 million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the progam is expected to work with more than 200,000 farmers to improve dairy production and access to markets. Demonstrated change in the lives of smallholders achieved during Phase I of EADD has leveraged more support for Phase II from Elanco Animal Health in form of a USD1.5 million grant to support on-going dairy development work in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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