Changing local attitudes about dairy
When Nancy Abeiderrahmane opened Africa’s first camel milk dairy in Nouakchott in 1989, most Mauritanians wouldn’t think of buying – let alone drinking – processed milk from local livestock. Today, their attitudes are completely changed. They now enjoy a dozen different domestic dairy products, and imports of foreign milk products have fallen significantly.
"Thanks to the dairy, traditional methods of treating livestock are being overturned....People are beginning to look at animal husbandry as an economic activity, not merely a way of life passed on from father to son.”
Abeiderrahmane, whose tenacity, drive and acumen are rarely matched, is behind this amazing transformation, and her work has made an important contribution to improving the quality of life in Mauritania.
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Mauritania’s dairymaid
Nancy Abeiderrahmane’s new UHT (ultra high temperature) milk plant, scheduled to begin operating early this year, is designed to soak up a seasonal surplus of cow’s milk.
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Mrs Nancy Mary Abeiderrahmane
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B.P. 2069
Nouakchott
Mauritania
