Acknowledgements: The study team duly thanks farmers, milk collection and chilling centre personnel, and milk transporters and acknowledges their sincere and honest engagement and response during the entire course of this study. Their deep engagement in the assessment of the present practices and behaviour had been instrumental in documenting this baseline information in the present state. Enumerators' role in simplifying and ranking the practices and behaviour in a quantifiable manner where appropriate is highly appreciated. The study team on behalf of FORWARD Nepal and Samarth-Nepal Market Development Programme (NMDP) would like to extend its special thanks to UK aid for providing us with the financial assistance for conducting this study. The continuous guidance and support the team received from the key market actors of the raw milk supply chain namely, CDCAN, DIA, NDA, NDDB, DLS, DFTQC and Samarth-NMDP management had been of immense value during the course of implementing the GMP validation project including this baseline study. The team would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all of them. Acronyms ADS Agriculture Development Strategy BDS Business Development Service BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation CCs Collection Centres COB Clot-on-Boiling DANIDA DDC Dairy Development Corporation DDP Dairy Development Policy DFTQC Department of Food Technology and Quality Control DLS Department of Livestock FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United National FORWARD G, S, Ti, Ta, M, D Gyanoday, Setidevi, Timal, Tanahun, Manakamana, Dumarwana GAP Good Agricultural Practices GMP Good Manufacturing Practices GoN Government of Nepal GVAHP Good Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Practices
Acknowledgements: The study team duly thanks farmers, milk collection and chilling centre personnel, and milk transporters and acknowledges their sincere and honest engagement and response during the entire course of this study. Their deep engagement in the assessment of the present practices and behaviour had been instrumental in documenting this baseline information in the present state. Enumerators' role in simplifying and ranking the practices and behaviour in a quantifiable manner where appropriate is highly appreciated. The study team on behalf of FORWARD Nepal and Samarth-Nepal Market Development Programme (NMDP) would like to extend its special thanks to UK aid for providing us with the financial assistance for conducting this study. The continuous guidance and support the team received from the key market actors of the raw milk supply chain namely, CDCAN, DIA, NDA, NDDB, DLS, DFTQC and Samarth-NMDP management had been of immense value during the course of implementing the GMP validation project including this baseline study. The team would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all of them. Acronyms ADS Agriculture Development Strategy BDS Business Development Service BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation CCs Collection Centres COB Clot-on-Boiling DANIDA DDC Dairy Development Corporation DDP Dairy Development Policy DFTQC Department of Food Technology and Quality Control DLS Department of Livestock FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United National FORWARD G, S, Ti, Ta, M, D Gyanoday, Setidevi, Timal, Tanahun, Manakamana, Dumarwana GAP Good Agricultural Practices GMP Good Manufacturing Practices GoN Government of Nepal GVAHP Good Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Practices
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