Market-oriented Urban and Peri-Urban Dairy Systems

Urban and peri-urban dairy production systems are among the many
forms of dairy production systems in the tropics and sub-tropics. The
systems involve the production, processing and marketing of milk and
milk products that are channelled to consumers in urban centres (Rey
et al., 1993; Staal and Shapiro, 1996). These urban and peri-urban dairy
production systems evolved to satisfy the increasing demand for
milk in urban centres as a consequence of increasing urbanisation,
rising per capita income and increasing cost of imported milk and
milk products. They contribute to overall development through income
and employment generation, food security, asset accumulation,
poverty alleviation and improving human nutrition and health.