Farmer Georges Best Cow

One way scientists overcome this challenge is by studying large sample sizes. Patterns that might not reveal themselves in a handful of instances become clearer when the lens zooms out to take in thousands of cases. But thousands of data points about mortality can help scientists figure out how much of life expectancy is hereditary and how much is due to lifestyle—or to the plain luck of avoiding that bus. In the rich countries of the world, experimental breeding programs take advantage of vast ranching operations where a single farmer can sustain thousands of head of cattle. But developing effective systems to monitor and evaluate crossbreeding programs in Africa can be a challenge, for two reasons.

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Second, the animals are often dispersed over wide areas and, in the case of pastoralists and agropastoralists, are mobile, making it difficult to effectively track and record the relevant information. The International Livestock Research Institute ILRI -led African Dairy Genetic Gains ADGG project, a focused partnership on dairy cattle farmers in Tanzania and Ethiopia, is determined to overcome these challenges by taking advantage of the recent widespread adoption of mobile phones and by offering a valuable quid pro quo.

George Nditika stands beside the well.

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A recent visit to three dairy farms on the outskirts of Arusha, Tanzania, shows how the program is working for farmers. George Nditika is a professional dairyman who in the past decade has grown his herd from 6 to 80 head of cattle. His farm is a hive of barn and shed construction.

Nothing goes to waste—even the manure run-off, which is channeled to a thin, deep well where it ferments, releasing methane gas that is captured and piped to fuel the farm stove. His best cows are a mix of Friesian, Jersey, Ayrshire and a local breed. They produce up to 20 liters of milk per day, most of which he sells to area restaurants and schools. When some of his young heifers failed to put on weight, the advice he received via SMS to change up their feed led to a rapid improvement. Most of all, this book is full of simple reality you will never hear from anyone else, at least not for free.

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Its hilarious but makes some good points. If you are currently living in the western hemisphere and not from there originally, read this. It will make sense to you I still dont get who and what and where the cow comes in, but its still a very good read The environmental impacts of chickenfeed are, well, anything but chickenfeed. The mass production of chickens has major consequences at the other end of the bird too: Nor is the claim that this industry is unsubsidised correct.

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This is a remarkably generous scheme whose ostensible purpose is to reduce carbon emissions, but which functions as another subsidy for businesses , especially farms. Most new chicken units use biomass boilers subsidised by the RHI, and it is immensely profitable. So now to the real question: How is it that we, who regard ourselves as a nation of animal lovers, accept such terrible standards of meat production? If dogs and cats were treated as pigs and chickens are, there would be a deafening outcry: Why is it acceptable to treat some animals — even creatures as intelligent and capable of suffering as pigs — so brutally, but not others?

In part, this reflects the deep disavowal in which we tend to engage when we eat meat.

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But I also believe that a major part of the problem is the fairytale view of farming implanted in our minds from the very onset of consciousness. Many of the books produced for very young children are about farms; and most tell broadly the same story.

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Understandably enough, none of the uncomfortable issues — slaughter, butchery, castration, tusking, separation, battery production, farrowing crates — ever feature. So deeply embedded is this image that I believe many people go through life unable to dismiss it from their minds. At a deep, subconscious level, the farm remains a place of harmony and kindness — and this suits us very well if we want to keep eating meat.

It tells the story of a herd of cows on an Irish farm. I find disguised marketing of any kind objectionable, and disguised marketing to children even worse. All branded content should be clearly labelled for the benefit of our readers in line with our guidelines. On this occasion the insert was not correctly labelled and we apologise for this error.