PROGRES-Lait :"Regional Solar Energy Programme and Milk Value Chain"

PROGRES-Lait is a programme to promote rural entrepreneurship through the development of the milk value chain and access to energy in Senegal and Mauritania. It makes energy platforms available to stakeholders for the conservation of milk, particularly to women at the grassroots level, by building on a Public-Private Community-based Partnership (PPCP) approach as an instrument for developing the milk market.

The overall objective is to strengthen access to productive energy services to stimulate the development of the rural economy through the extension of the horizon of opportunities to enhance the milk value chain. More specifically, it aims to: 

1) Enhance access to sustainable and stable energy; 

2) Promote rural entrepreneurship, especially for women, to strengthen the economic power of women and rural populations through access to solar milk storage platforms; 

3) Professionalize the players by setting up models of efficient organizations for small producers and innovative partnerships; and 

4) Foster the development of an autonomous milk collection and market.