Section 4: Objectives of Authority

(1) The objectives of the Authority shall be to provide proper coordination and efficient implementation of all Government policies which are designed to achieve and maintain self- sufficiency in the production of milk in Uganda by promoting production and competition in the dairy industry and monitoring the market for milk and dairy products. (2) The Authority shall facilitate the dairy industry- (a) to raise the incomes and standard of living of small-scale farmers through increased and continuous returns in dairy farming; (b) to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency in milk and dairy products and to export any surplus; (c) to promote increased dairy productivity with the use of available cost-effective technology and breeding policy and to foster its sustainability with due regard to cordial environmental equilibrium; (d) to establish liberal but harmonised dairy markets and to promote competition in milk collection, milk processing and milk marketing; (e) to regulate and control the market for milk and dairy products and to promote production and competition in the market; and (f) to improve human resources capacity for the development of the dairy sector.