Tanzania, Feb. 8 -- Arusha. Climate change, a phenomenon largely associated with global warming, has lowered milk production in the East African region.

With prolonged drought, livestock cannot get enough forage and water to deliver sufficient milk to the herders as well as the market.

This emerged here on Monday during at the start of a meeting on dairy production hosted by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD).

Ladislaus Kyaruzi, the head of environment and natural resources at the East African Community (EAC) secretariat, said the situation was grim.

"Climate change is a big challenge in our region because of prolonged drought. This has significantly reduced milk production ", he said.

Reduced milk output has a...