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About Damau

The Damau Household Milk Farm Project was conceived out of the need to facilitate and promote a shift from the current open grazing (nomadic culture) or the culture of herders moving thousands kilometres in search of pastures, to the practice of fixed farm settlements or enclosed and controlled grazing through the development of a farm settlement that will accommodate up to 1000 herders/farmers who will engage principally in milk farming and other complementary secondary farming activities.

Located in the forest reserve of Damau, Kubau Local Government Area, the Damau Household milk farm aims to primarily curb the rampant deadly clashes between herders and farmers by gradually settling herders in closed and controlled grazing settlements while establishing well-serviced dairy communities complete with essential social, health and infrastructural facilities.

The Damau Household Milk farm Project is modelled as a Public-Private Partnership between the KDSG and private sector parties, particularly Arla Foods Ltd and other organisations such as Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association. The project aims to contribute to a sustainable and commercially viable dairy sector In Nigeria and to improve the commercial viability of local small-scale farming, including the organisation in farming communities.

Project Rationale

Kaduna State, as a subnational, is fast becoming the dairy capital of Nigeria. The first Milk Cooperative in Nigeria (MILCOPAL) was established in Kaduna in 1989. Kaduna also accommodates the Milkyway project supported by the Danish Government and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (through Sahel) that aims to improve the milk production of the local farmers and improve their livelihood. We also have the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project supported by the World Bank. The National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) of Nigeria is also located here in Kaduna. They primarily engage in research, development and dissemination of innovations and appropriate technologies for commercial and competitive smallholder, medium and large scale environmentally friendly animal production systems to ensure animal food security in Nigeria.

TO ensure food security the KDSG-Arla MoU seeks to develop, among others, the Damau Household Milk Farm Project as a sustainable business project that sedentarises nomadic herders, genetically upgrades their stock and provides a route to market for their dairy products. It would change the livestock production into a business through modern tools and allow for milk offtake locally from a Milk farm located in Damau Grazing Reserve, Kubau Local Government.

About KMDMC

Kaduna Market Development and Management Company Limited is a private company incorporated in 1990 to carry out business as a general commercial company.

The company operates in the real estate sector with its core focus on the commercial real estate such as markets, malls, neighborhood centers etc. with an objective to sell, lease, upgrade, manage, develop, mortgage, dispose of, turn into account, or otherwise deal with all or any of the property rights and undertakings of the company for such considerations as they may fit.

With over $30M currently under management, KMDMC has grown to become a cutting-edge real estate company with diverse project portfolio cutting across ranch development, market development, hospitality, recreation facilities, Logistic and warehousing, facility management and many more.

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Project Benefits

The provision of a suitable and conducive environment for herders to settle in controlled communities and maximize the yield of their livestock.
The promotion of the engagement of entire herders’ families in gainful activities focusing on youths and women.
Creation of boosts in trade and revenue generation within the state.
The Promotion and creation of markets for milk products from organized dairy. clusters.

About Damau

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