Bles Dairies Consultancy has been awarded an assignment from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, to conduct a Dairy Market Study in Armenia. Bles Dairies Consultancy...
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FDOV project for FrieslandCampina in Nigeria
Bles Dairies Consultancy, in cooperation with IFDC and Wageningen University and Research is carrying out a Dairy Development Project (DDP) in Nigeria for FrieslandCampina. Dairy farming in Nigeria is challenging due to poorly developed infrastructure, a lack of...
Follow-up: Dairy Farmers Development in Uganda
Since May 2018, Bles Dairies Consultancy, in cooperation with VetEffecT has been actively involved in an extensive “Dairy Farmers Development” project in Uganda. During the first phase, 50 local Dairy Development Extension Experts (DDEs) have been selected to work for...
Seminar about Genetics in Russia
Last August, Bles Dairies expert Anne Terpstra visited several dairy farms and held a seminar attended by sixty dairy farmers about genetics in the village Kovernino, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. In general, little knowledge and expertise is exchanged between...
Dry season in Uganda!
Within the dairy development projects in Uganda, Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company The Friesian, is helping a local milk processor that is in need of more fresh milk to process. At the moment, it is dry season and difficult to predict when rain will come....
Bles Dairies Institute: the development of “Blended Learning”
Worldwide the dairy sector faces major challenges on the subject of food security, food safety and climate change. Organizations and employees have a need to continuously develop their competences: Life Long Learning. This is an opportunity for Dutch organizations and...
Pre-selection of dairy cattle in Indonesia
One of the key elements for running a good dairy farm, is having a well productive herd, with a high life production and as less problems as possible. So while starting up a farm, the selection of dairy cattle is something one should pay special attention to. In the...
Learning by doing in Pakistan: final phase
The IFC project in Pakistan has reached its final phase. During the last few years, Bles Dairies Consultancy has trained in total 50 Dairy Development Executives (DDEs) through a partnership between The Friesian and VeteffekT. These DDEs are individual professionals...
Interview of Henk Bles by the Dutch magazine Boerderij
Managing Director Henk Bles was interviewed by the Dutch magazine Boerderij, you can read the English translation here: Bles: the Dutch dairy sector moves in the wrong direction In order to further optimize the management on dairy farms, it is necessary that...
Training of Dairy Development Advisors in Uganda
Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company The Friesian, in cooperation with VetEffecT has been awarded a contract from the IFC (World Bank Group) to implement a large Dairy Development Program (DDP) for one of Uganda’s leading milk processing plants. The DDP...
A Quality Based Milk Payment System in Uganda
Within the framework of the SNV lead The Inclusive Dairy Enterprise (TIDE) project in Western Uganda, Bles Dairies is engaged, through its consultancy company The Friesian, in the development and implementation of a Quality Based Milk Payment System (QBMPS). This...
Bles Dairies FMS leads management on a large-scale dairy farm in China
Recently Bles Dairies FMS (Farm Management Solutions) has been assigned to the lead management of a large-scale dairy farm in China. FMS is a new activity of Bles Dairies, that provides high-level management and supervision services for large-scale dairies. “FMS fills...