Nestlé today announced it is building on its commitment to help support the development of the global dairy industry with a new partnership in Morocco.

The collaboration with the local authorities in the Moroccan region of Doukkala-Abda aims to increase milk production, improve the quality of fresh milk and encourage the development of the dairy industry throughout the private sector.

The Doukkala-Abda region currently produces 22% of the milk in Morocco, sourcing over 340 million litres a year.

Nestlé’s partnership with the Agency for Agricultural Development and the Regional Office of Agriculture seeks to increase the company’s own milk collection in the region by 10% by 2014.

Nestlé’s new partnership in Morocco is the latest in a long-line of investments it has made to support the development of the global dairy industry.

The company invested CHF 127 million in a new milk products factory in Chile and opened a UHT milk factory in Sri Lanka in April.

It also announced the construction of a dairy farming institute in China in January, and joined a dairy partnership in Brazil at the end of last year.

In April, Nestlé announced it would acquire Pfizer Nutrition for US $11.85 billion.

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