Tetra Pak has long supported World School Milk Day and school feeding programmes because milk is an important source of nutrition, helping to improve the health of children around the world, the company said.
Ulla Holm, director of Tetra Pak’s Food for Development Office, said: “World School Milk Day is both a celebration of dairy’s many benefits to children and the ongoing work to bring milk to every child. It’s a symbol of an industry bringing access to milk every day of the year, offering health, education and economic opportunities to millions of men, women and children around the world.”
Through its Food for Development Office and network, Tetra Pak cooperates closely with governments, development agencies, local dairy processors and farmers.
In 2010, more than six billion packages of milk and other nutritious drinks in Tetra Pak packages were provided to almost 50 million children in schools in over 50 countries.
The dairy hub concept, which Tetra Pak initiated two years ago in Pakistan and is now expanding to Bangladesh, is designed to increase milk production and farm efficiency in developing countries.
It’s based on the one-herd concept and typically includes 20 villages with 800-1,000 farmers and a total of up to 10,000 cows.
The dairy hubs are set up in close cooperation with dairy processors and deliver better economies of scale, with focus on feeding, breeding, animal health and training.
Source: Tetra Pak
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