- Milk processor Brookside Dairy Uganda was forced to let go of 200 workers to maintain its financial stability for 2023.
- The East Africa Dairy Development strategy is a reform set to transform the lives of farming families with improved market access.
- By 2013 over 82 farmer-owned dairy enterprises prospered and reflected $8.3 million in equity investments.
On June 23rd, Brookside Dairy Uganda laid off at least 200 workers citing intensifying Kenya-Uganda milk trade war that has seen Nairobi block dairy products imports from Kampala.
Brookside Dairy Uganda has said that the Kenya-Uganda milk trade, a key income stream, was suffering significant damage. While the extent is still unclear, its effects are starting to get clear by the day.
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