The Evaluation of the Dairy Hub and Dairy Academy

This report presents a final evaluation of the project “Dairy Hub & Dairy AcademyDevelopment in Bangladesh” implemented by a partnership consisting of PRANDairy Ltd, UNIDO and Tetra Laval AB with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The Government of Bangladesh through the Department of Livestock Services of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has signed on to the programme and interacted in various ways during the implementation.The Evaluation was conducted during May–August 2018 by a team of NIRAS evaluators: Bo Tengnäs (Team Leader) and Shibaji Roy (Private sector development specialist).The findings and recommendations presented in this report are based mainly on document reviews and on personal interactions with a large number of stakeholders including staff of the agencies involved in the project and a large number of farmers,milk collectors and local milk processors operating in the project area.The evaluation team wishes to express its sincere thanks to all respondents who willingly spared some of their valuable time for personal interactions or other forms ofengagement with the evaluation team.