Don’t miss these two superb and VERY short videos describing how new ideas in animal husbandry are transforming Ethiopian incomes, animal pastures and livestock livelihoods.
Misku’s Story A 40-year old woman from central-western Ethiopia transforms her family’s life through improved sheep fattening.
The women doing this are transforming not only their household wealth, but also their relationships with their (very proud) husbands.
Oct 2013, 1:40-minute video (692 views as of 8 Aug 2019)
Gebremichael’s Story A Tigray livestock keeper says improved, community-led pasture management has transformed livelihoods in his community, with more milk and greater incomes sending children to school for the first time.
‘If you compare the past and the present, it’s like the distance between the Earth and the sky.’
Oct 2013, 1:22-minute video (642 views as of 8 Aug 2019)
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