In celebration of World Milk Day 2025 with the theme: “Let’s Celebrate the Power of Dairy”, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, producers of Peak, Three Crowns, Coast, Olympic, and Nunu Milk brands, has announced plans to establish a Dairy Academy in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development in Nigeria.
This initiative is designed to strengthen local capacity and expand Nigeria’s dairy sector sustainably.
The announcement was made by Roger Adou, Managing Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, during the 2025 World Milk Day Conference in Abuja, organized by the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development in partnership with dairy stakeholders and national institutions.
The proposed Dairy Academy will be located on 20-hectare plots at Maya Farm in Oyo State, owned by FrieslandCampina WAMCO, and will serve as a specialized training hub for dairy farmers and service providers.
The academy will deliver modern training in dairy farming, milk hygiene, animal health, and climate-smart agriculture.
The Dairy Academy will also offer flexible courses alongside an intensive Artificial Insemination (AI) course.
To facilitate effective learning, the facility will be equipped with a 200-seat training hall, a laboratory, cow sheds, hay barns, silage storage, and essential farm machinery, including tractors, boom sprayers, harvesters, and manure spreaders.
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Dairy Development model remains a prime example of accelerating a sustainable dairy sector in Nigeria.
Since its inception in 2010, the initiative has expanded across seven (7) states; Oyo, Ogun, Kwara, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Today, over 15,000 farmers are part of the network including women and youth who have been trained. 30 milk collection centres have been established to improve milk aggregation and cold chain reliability, with daily milk collection exceeding 40,000 litres at peak periods.
The Company has prioritized veterinary health in collaboration with state agricultural authorities and the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, resulting in over 10,000 cattle vaccinations across host communities. Its investment in breed improvement is evident in the birth of more than 900 Girolando crossbreed calves to date, an important step toward increasing local yields.
Launched in April 2021, the Value4Dairy Consortium, the first business partner model of its kind in Nigeria, established three dairy zones in Oyo, Osun, and Abuja.
Through this consortium, FrieslandCampina WAMCO and its partners have executed over 1,351 artificial inseminations with a 65% success rate.
More than 3,300 farmers have been trained in Good Dairy Farming Practices (GDFP), and the initiative has facilitated the construction of three additional milk collection centres, 15 solar-powered coolers for fresh milk collection and 23 solar-powered boreholes to support dairy hygiene.
