Rumuruti Local Dairy Farmers Economic Independence Capacity Building Project in Kenya 1. Business model and infrastructure expansion
  : Extension and remodeling of barns, installation of dairy farming machinery, sales channel expansion
 2. Increase Co-operative Member Benefits
  : Establishment of joint purchase and collection data confirmation system
 3.  Co-operative Board operarion capacity building
  : Implementation of agenda and enhancement of educational capacity
 4. Research on ways to improve fodder
  : Establishment of model farms, and research on feed crops and publish research data
 5. Implementation of capacity building training
  : Dairy farming education, economic knowledge education There is always a high demand for milk in Rumuruti, especially in downtown of Rumuruti, where the project is located. Almost every stores or shops sell milk regardless of the size of the shop, and milk is consumed every day at home, restaurants, and schools due to the tea-time culture. However, milk is rarely produced inside of Rumuruti where demand for milk is high, so milk is brought from nearby areas.
   However, there are few active cooperatives for dairy farmers in Rumuruti and neighboring areas in Laikipia West, which has the highest milk production in Laikipia County, and their influence is quite low. That is why big dairy companies or middlemen who have already secured a market that buy milk from dairy farmers often set the purchase price of milk unreasonably low. In the end, dairy farmers who produce milk suffer the most and this makes dairy farmers difficult to continue dairy farming.
   In addition, through a preliminary survey of existing projects, it was confirmed that many poor women live in Rumuruti. About 60% of the households are headed by women, and among the 193 people who responded to the survey, 142 people (73%) were in absolute poverty, of which 60% of them were women. Therefore, not only dairy farmers who are already engaged in dairy farming, but also the underprivileged in Rumuruti can participate as beneficiaries of the project to enhance economic independence through dairy farming.
   Project activities such as infrastructure construction, legally established co-operative through the government, co-operative member recruitment, sales channel securing, and training were carried out efficiently and completed according to the plan and budget during the short project period of 1 year and 10 months while carrying out the existing project. In addition, with the formation of a successful cooperative relationship with the Laikipia County government, the project was able to receive support from the county government (maintenance of roads to the project site). Also, positive synergy effects were created by providing equipment support and capacity building training to combine dairy farming and ICT technology through linkage with the KOICA CTS project in related fields.
   The current project will strengthen the foundation for self-reliance of MARU Dairy Farmers Co-operative in order to expand project performance in the existing project and to widen the scope of beneficiaries, and will carry out activities to enhance productivity in dairy farming. Therefore, this project contributes to the economic growth of the underprivileged and dairy farmers in Rumuruti. This, in turn, contributes to the achievement of increasing sustainable agricultural production and strengthening marketability.1. 낙농 가치사슬 개선