Kenya: Demand for Heifers Straining Supply, Pushing Prices Up

5 September 2010

Nairobi — A high demand for heifers in neighbouring countries has strained local supply, driving up prices.

This has stifled faster growth of the dairy industry, which picked up in earnest after 2003, following the revival of New Kenya Co-operative Creameries, among other incentives.

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