The infrastructure for rural milk collection is not well developed in most parts of the country except the south western region and to a less extent the central region. The Eastern and Northern regions lack functional rural milk collection centres with cooling equipment.

About 75% of the milk collection centres are found in the south western region while 15% in the central region and 10% from Northern and Eastern regions.

Rural Milk Collection
DDA is leasing out 42 milk collection centres with a combined capacity of 160,000 litres to dairy co-operatives and groups. About 398 milk coolers with a total capacity of about 591,000 litres have been installed in rural areas for milk collection while in the urban areas; there are currently 444 milk coolers with a total capacity of 330,000 litres per day.