Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Karamoja Traders Abandon Cattle for Donkey Business.
Karamoja Traders Abandon Cattle for Donkey Business.Cattle traders in Karamoja have turned to dealing in donkeys because of the proceeds in the new trade. Currently, trade in donkeys is booming in the pastoralist communities of Karamoja of Uganda and Turkana of neighbouring Kenya.
High demand for donkeys comes from Chinese traders who deal in donkey products in Lodwa Town in Turkana County in Kenya, about 140 kilometres from Moroto Town in Uganda.
The Chinese buy donkey hides which they boil to produce gelatine, one of the key ingredients in a medicine called ejiao. Ejiao is used to treat conditions such as anemia, heavy menstruation periods, as well as dry coughs. continue
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Agribusiness Millionaires
Learn how to make money in agribusiness.
Popular Posts
-
The US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has launched a new smartphone app that forecasts conditions tri...
-
Thinking of starting an home based business that is not capital intensive? welcome to the aqua world. Starting an aquarium shop/store is ea... -
AGRO-VETERINARY : Garlic a herbal remedy for poultry. Garlic is a plant in the Allium family same as onion. Garlic contains a compo... -
Pig gene advance could boost sperm stocks from prized animals.Gene-editing techniques could help to improve stocks of farmed pigs by boos...
-
Mental health and well-being of farmers . The general well-being of farmers and farmhand affect productivity directly or indirectly and thi...
-
New research shows that Plasmodium knowlesi, a form of malaria common in monkeys in South East Asia, is capable of flourishing in peopl...
Claim your bonus here..
Free dog care guide.
CASSAVA BUSINESS
CASSAVA FLAKES.
No comments:
Post a Comment