Nestlé’s farm assistance builds on decades of experience, notably in milk district development. Today, among three raw materials of particular importance to the company – coffee, cocoa and milk – it is estimated that sourcing and/or farmer assistance affects the work and income of hundreds of thousands of farming families worldwide.

United Nations Development Programme Partnership
A joint program between the UNDP, Nestlé Pakistan and Engro Foods has trained 4000 women agricultural advisers, whose assistance and advice is helping to increase milk production among dairy farmers in rural Pakistan who supply fresh milk to Nestlé.

To build confidence in the milk trade, Nestlé India established well-equipped milk collection centres, and its field staff provide farmers with technical assistance and advice about animal health, breeding and fodder production. This has helped to raise the quality and value of the milk produced by 85 000 farmers, and, we believe, improved the health and economy of the local community. Nestlé is also working with schools and local associations to improve drinking water and toilet facilities in schools within the milk district serving the Moga factory, while another project helps to fund medicines for a local tuberculosis clinic.