Established in 2005 and with a team of 412 employees, Sujal Dairy Pvt Ltd is a subsidiary of Laxmi Group, one Nepal’s largest business groups with investments in various sectors. Over the years, Sujal Dairy has become one of the largest dairy processors in Nepal with the capacity to handle 200,000 litres of milk per day, which is about 15% of milk coming in the organised dairy industry in Nepal. The dairy collects 65,000 litres per day. Through its processing facilities in Pokhara and Kathmandu, it processes the collected milk into pasteurised milk, fermented milk, butter, ghee, cottage cheese, yogurt, ice-cream, and milk powders (skimmed and whole). The company also has one of the largest Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) plants in Nepal in its factory premises with the capacity to process 160,000 litres of milk per day to produce about 15 tons of SMP. It has a cold storage designed to store butter with the capacity of 500 tons per day (TPD), a warehouse with the capacity to store 300 TPD of milk powder, and ice-cream storage with the capacity to store 150,000 LPD. 

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Increase Milk Aggregation and Digitise the Dairy Supply Chain

Through this 18-month project, CASA partnered with Sujal Dairy to facilitate the growth of the dairy sector by investing in new technologies, enabling data collection and research, and establishing a direct connection with farmers to combat several constraints that processors face when collecting milk. The project focused on establishing four new Bulk Milk Chiller Centres (BMC) and implementing a Management Information System to increase the efficiency and profitability of its milk supply chain. The digitization has increased procurement efficiency for the dairy while also benefiting farmers, as they gained access to a transparent system for recording the quantity and quality of their deliveries, tailored support services, as well as secure and timely payments. The new BMCs helped directly source milk from farmers while also forging a stronger connection with farmers. The total cost of the technical assistance/support package provided by CASA was £60,657, and the project included both technical assistance and grants. The project aimed to reach and train 2,500 farmers.

Updated: February 2025