CAMEL MILK PRODUCTION
July 1st, 2004
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
CAMEL milk could provide economic salvation to millions of Sahara nomads, who are roaming the deserts with a potentially valuable and untapped commodity. So says the UN's Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which points to mushrooming camel milk bars in Chad's capital N'Djamena, informal exports from Ethiopia to Djibouti, the development of camel cheese in Mauritania and plans to make chocolate with Arabian peninsular camel milk. "The potential is massive," said FAO dairy and meat expert Anthony Bennett: "Milk is ...
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