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Tag Archives: camel
Camel Milk Project to Support 50,000 Somali pastoralists
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
As part of the United States President’s Feed the Future Initiative in Ethiopia, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Camel Milk Value Chain Development project in Fafan Village,…
Posted in agriculture
Tagged camel, development, livestock, milk, pastoral, ruminant, trade
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The great milk robbery
GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation. GRAIN says that it ‘works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems.’ Here’s a report by GRAIN about the importance of milk to the … Continue reading
22 June, World Camel Day
Originally posted on SUSTAINABLE FARMING FOR FOOD AND HEALTH:
See on Scoop.it – Sustainable Livestock Agenda SLA Raziq‘s insight: Dry lands are judiciously use by well adapted native livestock breeds and camel is one of the most important among those…
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Tagged beast of burden, camel, climate, desert, development, dryland, land use, livestock, meat, milk, pastoral, sustainable
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A Unique and Fascinating Creature! The Camel
Originally posted on SUSTAINABLE FARMING FOR FOOD AND HEALTH:
See on Scoop.it – Sustainable Livestock Agenda SLA
Posted in agriculture
Tagged beast of burden, camel, desert, domestication, dryland, history, livestock, meat, milk, pastoral, sustainable
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