The Arla Farm aims to provide a showcase for a fully functioning and sustainable commercial farm in Kaduna.
This is in addition to the partnership with Kaduna State on Damau Household Milk Farm to establish a settlement project on 9000Ha land where Arla will enable milk collection, and provide services with regards to feed establishment and management, irrigation management, artificial insemination, crossbreeding and initial handling and quarantining of cattle.
The commercial dairy farm currently sits on land acquired in Damau, Kaduna with planned feed and grassland development of locally-sourced Bracharia and Napier grass seeds. Land clearing and fencing has been completed and grassland establishment is currently in progress.Irrigation facilities will be set up for forage production using raingun system for the Arla Farm, and 400 crossbred milking cows will be imported to ensure high yield and quality of milk for processing.
Arla Foods prides itself in being a reliable investor and developer of the Nigeria local dairy market. A fundamental requirement is that market framework conditions are in place, access to the Nigerian market is sustainable, fair and predictable, and that access secures a viable business environment for companies that are investing in the dairy industry in Nigeria.
In his statement, Pedersen also thanked the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Kaduna State Government for the cooperation so far, as success of the local dairy development and backward integration relies on the joint partnership and support. Arla Foods is a dairy company with around 9700 farmer owners in seven EU countries. Our philosophy of producing natural, healthy and high quality dairy products dates back to the 1880s when dairy farmers in Denmark and Sweden joined forces with one common goal: To produce and provide the best dairy products.
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