Increased efficiency milk processing (3)

The new production line is fully operational since Nov. 2015, and has a capacity of 10,300 l/hr whereas the older one had a capacity of 6,300 l/hr. Since the commisioning of this second line, the average production has increased up to 117,000 L/day for the two months of November and Decmber 2015 up from an average of 86,000L/day for the past 10 months preceeding November 2015. Max. production recorded so far after the commisioning of the second line has been 135000L/day. Estimated milk production within the catchment of Meru region is 200,000 L/day, so MCD has a market production share of almost 70%. The ambition is to get 100% market share which will be an uphil task since the growth curve is almost flattening. Main goal is to fully utilize the installed processing capacity of 300,000L/day by the end of 2018. However, for 2016 Meru Central Dairy are looking at getting to a high of 200,000L/day. 2016 goals: 1. Receiving and processing 200,000L/day at the end of 2016 2. Increasing production per cow/per farmer 3. Increase its national average market share (By 2%)