Project Description
The Project goal is to unlock the potential of the Pakistani dairy industry to attract investments by facilitating a favorable regulatory environment and by creating awareness about the advantages and nutritional value of packaged milk products, thus promoting the general population`s access to high quality, healthy and nutritious dairy products.
Through this initiative, IFC aims to support ongoing efforts to prevent stunted growth and malnutrition amongst Pakistani children caused by consuming adulterated and contaminated loose milk. The scope of the Project work is to review the regulatory and taxation regimes and the socio-economic factors related to the dairy sector and to recommend measures for improvement, wherever required, to the industry.
The project also aims to support Pakistani dairy industry stakeholders in designing and implementing a pilot School Milk Program (SMP). The objective of this pilot is to develop and validate a sustainable partnership model between the private sector and the Government of Pakistan (GoP), and to demonstrate how the GoP can achieve its strategic priorities related to improving the livelihood of small farmers and the health of the general population by developing human capital.