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Knowledge from abroad: improving the live of
both the milk farmer and of his cows:
Gilberto Ruiz Moreno inherited his small
property "El Rincón" from his father.
His farm is located in in Chiapas, one
of the poorest provinces of Mexico.
In 1977, he started selling milk to an
international food company (40kg per
day). Numerous efforts – helped by
agricultural advisors of his new
customer – were undertaken to improve
the quantity and quality of milk
produced. Today, he is selling the
company 144 kg of milk per day.
Some of the many measures taken to improve
productivity were quite simple, but
effective, such as sunroofs to protect
cows from the midday sun. The company's
agricultural advisors had learnt about
this relative simple measure when
working with farmers in Brazil.
Initially, Gilberto did not like the
idea: "My cows are no princesses".
He now agrees that a cow feeling well gives
more and better milk. |
