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Strengthening Dairy Value Chain (SDVC) Project was one of the first value chain development programmes of CARE Bangladesh, it had its roots in focusing extensively in supporting farmers through provision of organising, training and technically supporting farmers. SDVC-II had a more market led focus and a more facilitative approach.
The study adopted the AAER (Adopt, Adapt, Expand, Respond) framework for capturing systemic change. It found that five years after project completion substantial linkages remain, and functions continue to serve the poor in a systematic manner.
It found that market actors - such as livestock health workers, retailers, collection points - continue to function strongly. Similarly, it found that BRAC dairy continues to source milk from collection points, where smallholders supply roughly 70-80 per cent of the milk. Other processors were also found to utilise the collection points for sourcing milk.
BRAC also intends to replicate the dairy hub model with the use of Digital Fat Testing Devices in the southern part of Bangladesh. All processors, such as PRAN, Milk Vita, Rangpur Dairy, were also found to have been sourcing from the established collection points.