Within the Pearl Dairy Development Programme (DDP) at Mbarara, Uganda, Bles Dairies Consultants have trained over the last ten weeks, 24 young Ugandan graduates to become Dairy Farm Advisors (DDEs). The training programme consisted of a mix of classroom training,...
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Training of Nigerian farmers and extension workers
Bles Dairies Consultancy is engaged in the implementation of a Dairy Development project for the leading milk processing plant in Nigeria. The goal of the project is to train a selected number of Nigerian master-farmers and project & extension staff. A group of...
Travel Through the Unique World of Entrepreneur Henk Bles
Managing Director Henk Bles was interviewed by Holstein International, read the entire article here. A keen eye for development in the dairy industry: That is one of the most prominent core qualities of the Dutch company Bles Dairies. With lots of passion and driven...
AI training by Bles Dairies Genetics
Bles Dairies Genetics aims to improve the herds from farmers worldwide. This means, not only the provision of good quality bull semen, but also support, consultancy and trainings on reproduction related matters. The experienced consultants from Bles Dairies Genetics...
Proud to be a dairy farmer
Proud to be a dairy farmer In the Netherlands there is a huge discussion around nitrogen and CO2 emissions. Unfortunately, we see that the agricultural sector is wrongly being depicted as the main cause for the surplus of these emissions. How can it be that this...
Connecterra signs industry partnership with Bles Dairies
Connecterra and Bles Dairies have signed an industry partnership for further scale-out of the artificial intelligence assistant IDA on dairy farms in Europe. The partnership between Bles Dairies and Connecterra includes the sale of IDA to Semex Holland’s customers in...
Seminar over ontwikkelingen en kansen in Armeense zuivelketen
Op 26 september 2019 organiseert RVO, met ondersteuning van Bles Dairies, in Heerenveen een zuivelseminar over Armenië. Vorig jaar heeft Bles Dairies Consultancy in opdracht van de Nederlandse overheid een studie uitgevoerd naar de laatste en toekomstige...
Regional Dairy Event on milk quality, fodder, inclusive dairy business and dairy professionals 2.0
The dairy sector in East Africa is transforming rapidly to keep up with growing domestic demand. In recent years, Dutch and East African partners worked together on a range of challenges in dairy, from farm productivity to consumption and from business development to...
A visit by Anne Terpstra to Bles Dairies East Africa
Senior Consultant Anne Terpstra went to Kenya last month, visiting our department Bles Dairies East Africa. In this short summary, you can read more about his activities and findings. “In coordination with local advisors Titus Maiyo and Charity Kurui I visited several...
Dairy cluster wants to improve Ugandan milk production
Six Dutch dairy farms are going to undertake joint activities to raise the level of milk production in Uganda. At the same time, they try to expand their own market. Financial support from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) helps the cluster with this project....
Bles Dairies voor de Nederlandse melkveehouder
Een half jaar werkt Bles Dairies nu samen met vooruitstrevende Nederlandse melkveehouders. Tijdens de kennismakingsgesprekken komt een duidelijke behoefte aan onafhankelijk advies naar voren. Met een team van (onafhankelijke) specialisten op het gebied van o.a....
Agricultural extension and communication in Vietnam
Bles Dairies supports the development of a sustainable dairy sector in Vietnam through the Dairy4Growth project. By improving the farmers’ skills and knowledge and by ameliorating their socio-economic livelihood, they aim to produce sustainable dairy products that...