Two Australian agribusinesses have come up with highly unusual ways to help poor farmers in Laos.
One is into trade, giving livestock nutritional products to farmers in return for their methane abatement credits.
The other, a dairy, rents pregnant buffalo from locals.
In Laos 🇱🇦, farmers and herders sell their buffaloes 🐃 when they have to pay hospital bills, finance a wedding or compensate for a poor rice harvest 🌾. But today these animals suffer from malnutrition and, weakened, become ill and are decimated by epidemics. An innovative diet could help them.
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livestock, cattle, greenhouse gas
AUSTRALIAN developed feed supplements could have big implications for the wider livestock industry, research coming out of South East Asia shows.
The new research reveals the medicated molasses blocks - designed for tropical conditions including northern Australia - are driving both increased productivity and as a consequence, have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
On this episode, we talk to Jo Smith about Ock Pop Tok, the textile workshop and visitor center she and her Lao partner, Veomanee Douangdala, established there over a decade ago, and why it’s important to preserve traditional crafts from the area. Next up is a discussion with Susie Martin, the Australian expat who co-founded the Laos Buffalo Dairy, which not only produces delicious cheeses and ice creams for restaurants in town, but does so with a sustainable business model that helps local farmers breed and care for their animals. Finally, co-founder Michael Vogler tells us why they embrace a no-riding approach on the treks they offer at MandaLao Elephant Conservation.
