MICHAEL IS MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK AND I’M KEENLY FOLLOWING HIS JOURNIES AND THE DIARIES HE SHARES ON HIS PAGE. HERE IS THE STORY OF HIS CONNECTION WITH THE NOMADS AND THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE NOMADS ABOUT THEIR ANIMALS. IT IS VERY INTERESTING AND TOUCHING STORY. I SHARE HERE IN THE ENSUING LINES.
When it’s too dry for dairy cows, what do you do? Switch to camel milk The African nomads find new ways to adapt with the challenge of the climate change. As increasingly fierce, frequent and lengthy dry spells hit northern Kenya, raising dairy cattle has gotten ever harder. But after seeing her initial five camels …
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The cow is the most important farm animal in parts of Africa but climate change is threatening the existence of the animal. Recurring droughts and extreme heat are making cows unable to produce essential milk. Camel produces milk in harsh conditions where other farm animals are hard to survive. In Kenya, a group of farmers …
Kenya’s dairy industry switches from cowsW to camels | Global Ideas Read More »
The globe is under stressful pressure of climate change. Droughts, erratic and unseasonal rains, floods, and rise in mercury are the salient features of climate change. Some regions are under the severe affects of climate change, i.e. Saharan & and horn Africa and South-east Asia. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh are under severe floods since last few decades and each …
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