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1: Demand conditions
Market size and growth Market growth is due to high per capita
consumption, increasing population and health
consciousness
Receptivity to new products Mostly urban consumers have a very low but increasing
interest in new products
2: Market Structure
Role of "lead" or organizing firms Role of lead agency has been hampered by
government interference in cooperatives
How market signals are conveyed Government and political interference in price setting,
or distorted limits prices being determined by market forces.
3: Factor conditions
Herd
Herd inventory
Very large number of indigenous animals with low
productivity and a small portion of cross-breeds
Breed
Lack of policy focus on strengthening indigenous breeds
Feed
Farmers not interested in quality feed because of the low
price of milk
Human capacity
Farmer technical capacity Knowledge and new techniques are not accessible
Specialized finance and credit Exists on paper but is very difficult to access
5: Enabling environment
Food safety
Regulated through the Milk and Milk Products Order
Provincial/local
Key regulatory actors (ministries) State Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries is the implementing agency at the state level
Informal regulation & transparency Lack of milk testing equipment and thus transparency,
leading to low payments
Reference :
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0588e/I0588E05.htm