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Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar

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Table 2. Characteristics of milk and cheese production and marketing of 13<br />

small-scale rural artisan cheese fac<strong>to</strong>ries, during the rainy and dry<br />

seasons, in the watersheds of Esquipulas and Muy-Muy (Nicaragua)<br />

dedicated <strong>to</strong> lives<strong>to</strong>ck production.<br />

Characteristics Dry season Rainy season<br />

Collection of milk (L/day) 523 1,103<br />

Purchase price (US$/L)<br />

Types of cheese produced and sale price<br />

(US$/kg)<br />

0.29 0.18<br />

“Pure” cheese 2.49 1.78<br />

“Media Sangre” cheese 2.13 1.60<br />

Cottage cheese 1.78 1.24<br />

Cream cheese 1.78 1.24<br />

Cream<br />

Amount of milk required <strong>to</strong> produce each<br />

type of cheese (L/kg)<br />

1.60 0.89<br />

“Pure” cheese 7.71 8.82<br />

“Media Sangre” cheese 6.61 7.71<br />

Cottage cheese 5.51 6.61<br />

Cream cheese 5.51 6.61<br />

Cream<br />

Percentage of cheese processors willing <strong>to</strong><br />

11.03 13.23<br />

purchase more milk<br />

Percentage of cheese processors who<br />

considered that the milk was of good quality<br />

75.7<br />

0<br />

Yes 80 70<br />

No<br />

Higher price people were willing <strong>to</strong> pay for<br />

better quality milk<br />

20 30<br />

US$/L 0.29 0.211<br />

Percent of processors 0 17.0<br />

This situation is not the same during the rainy season, when the<br />

potential for growth is null in both countries because of the excess offer of<br />

milk in the market. As a result, the artisan fac<strong>to</strong>ries in both countries would<br />

only be willing <strong>to</strong> purchase more milk during the dry season, which has<br />

significant implications for the type of technologies that should be promoted<br />

among producers in both regions.<br />

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