Africa reduced poverty due to ... camel milk

Camel milk has long been recognized as a health food and can make an important contribution to poverty reduction in the localities where these animals are raised.

Two decades ago, a British scientist persuaded Mauritanians to raise camels to get their milk and so far, the milk has made significant changes to improve the lives of people in the North West African nation. this.

Amadou Gouh's family started raising camels in the Mauritanian desert not too long ago, but he was the first in his family to raise the animals to get milk for the local food sterilization center, named is Tiviski.

An African farmer is taking camel milk.
(English: ST)

Starting from where only 5 camels were delivered, Amadou has now raised 155 camels, worth up to 80,000 USD. He is happy to know that his family is now richer than before, thanks to the income from camel milk.

In Mauritania, more and more business households are like Amadou Gouh's family. According to the President of Tiviski Center, there are about 1,000 herds of camels raised in the desert in this country to supply milk to the center every day.

The one who brought the idea of ​​trading camel milk to the people of Mauritania 20 years ago was an English atomic physicist, Nancy Abeiderrahmane.

In Mauritania, working in the field has nothing to do with camel farming, but Nancy has developed this idea from the question of why Mauritanians have to import milk while they have one. Abundant milk supply right on the vast deserts.

Nancy's idea was new at first, but gradually, people in Mauritania became increasingly interested in raising animals to sell milk. Last year, the Tiviski bactericide center alone purchased up to 400 thousand tons of milk from people, for about 60 cents a kilo.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has considered camel milk as a food that not only helps reduce poverty but also helps reduce the prevalence of malnutrition in many desert areas in Africa. Camels are very easy to raise and can provide milk in the most difficult conditions.

Researchers say the camel's immune system is similar to humans, so camel's milk is less likely to cause allergies or digestive diseases. There are many products from camel milk, chocolate, cheese, cream and yogurt.

According to the World Food and Agriculture Organization, there are currently around 20 million camels worldwide, most of them in Somalia. If the form of milking camel farming is more developed in poor countries like Somalia, then certainly alarming poverty status in these countries will improve.

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