Their joint efforts to breed better Ethiopian dairy cattle have taken off. The production gains are pronounced enough to draw widespread interest from area dairy farmers and additional investment from the national government. “The best way to sell a technology is to have farmers tell their success stories to other farmers,” Youngs said. In 2022, on the sixth of his seven total visits to Ethiopia, Youngs toured a model dairy village near Dankaka. “If everyone has excess milk, farmers could buy a cooler tank and keep it until a processer comes to pick it up.

Source: Ethiopian News October 20, 2023 15:58 UTC