Free Access | 2024-04-12

Expansion of the product space in Uganda’s dairy value chain

Authors/Editors: Swaibu Mbowa (PhD)

Abstract:

The 9 largest dairy manufacturing firms control over 95 percent of the market share of high value products in the country (Table 2). It is also worth noting that these firms are operating at 57 percent of the installed capacity (Table 1). Implying that: (i) raw milk production is low in relation to processing capacity in Uganda, hence investment in high tech technologies is not required in the medium term towards value addition in the dairy industry should milk production increase in the country.