{"id":988784,"date":"2021-12-16T09:39:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrand.ai\/connect\/?p=988784"},"modified":"2021-12-17T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:45:08","slug":"smallholder-milk-losses-innovative-solutions-and-the-quest-for-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyacatalyticjobsfund.org\/i\/2021\/12\/smallholder-milk-losses-innovative-solutions-and-the-quest-for-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Smallholder milk losses, innovative solutions, and the quest for scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"988784\" class=\"elementor elementor-988784\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-502b46fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"502b46fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b8bfe66\" data-id=\"2b8bfe66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b12f229 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b12f229\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Currently valued at KES 184 billion (USD 1.84 billion) and contributing an estimated 4-8% of the national GDP,\n14% of agricultural GDP and 44% of livestock GDP, the dairy value chain is one of the most dynamic sectors in\nKenya and critical to the country\u2019s economy. 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