FrieslandCampina WAMCO Empowers Over 7000 Dairy Farmers

FrieslandCampina Nigeria says, it has continued to impact lives of dairy farmers positively through its successful Dairy Development Programme (DDP) in rural communities.

This, the company said, was borne out of its commitment to improve the standard of living of dairy farmers and their families in Nigeria, where it operates.

Till date, over 7000 dairy farmers including women have participated in various technical and entrepreneurial trainings organized by the company, thus contributing significantly to safeguarding food security and nutrition.

The company’s Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, Ore Famurewa, explained that “At FrieslandCampina WAMCO, we are proud of the over 7,000 farmers including female dairy farmers who have been empowered under our Dairy Development Programme, across Oyo, Ogun and Osun States respectively. We are particularly happy with the increased access they have to a better life as they are able to support themselves and send their children to school.”

She reiterated that FrieslandCampina WAMCO is a responsible corporate entity in Nigeria and does not condone any form of undue commercial exploitation in any of its processes.

“The company is fully committed to preventing and eliminating any form of child labour in its supply chain. It continually works with stakeholders to develop and implement meaningful solutions, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

The ethos consistently forms part of its engagement with the pastoralist and smallholder farmers. Additional review will be done to ensure all practices remain in line with the Oyo State Child Rights Law 2006 in particular and the Laws of Nigeria in general.

An international non-profit organization, Partner Africa, has been engaged to conduct an independent investigation of our Dairy Development sites. FrieslandCampina WAMCO will share the results of this investigation,” she added.