Formative Research and Social Behavior Change Strategy USAID Enhancing milk quality and Consumption for improved nutrition and Income in Rwanda

Enhancing milk quality and consumption for improved income and nutrition in Rwanda was a three years project funded by the Feed the Future LSIL for research and capacity building. The proposed project had an overall objective of contributing to efforts to enhance the quality and consumption of milk for improved income and nutrition in Rwanda. Increasing the quality, marketing, and consumption of animal-source foods (ASF), including milk, is an important research development priority for Rwanda that was identified by Rwanda’s multi-stakeholder Innovation Platform convened by the LSIL.

The project had two overall objectives (i) The impact of nutrition education on ASF consumption and nutritional status of young children and pregnant and lactating women in poor households that have received a dairy cow, and (ii) The impact of selected capacity development interventions on the marketing performance of dairy cooperatives, and c) the viability of supplying quality milk.