By Jenara Nerenberg
FastCompany.com
The country's current supply of fresh milk is entirely imported, but that is about to change with the introduction of New Zealand's Holstein cows.
Cambodia is set to get its first commercial cow farm this year with construction on a 247-acre farm breaking ground this month.
Cambodia's current supply of fresh milk is 100% imported and the cow farm is meant to change that--and as Cambodia is still largely agricultural, it's surprising that commercial cow farms don't already exist.
There was talk of an earlier joint cow farm venture between Cambodia's Mong Reththy Group (MRG) and the British farming company, Lordswood Farms, last year, but it's not clear if that panned out.
Either way, Cambodia is taking a leap in agricultural innovations this year and the farm that's set to open is a joint venture between the Cambodian 7NG Group and Sweden’s HPT Dairy Company. They entered into a $250 million deal whereby the highly productive Holstein cow breed will be imported from New Zealand with a goal of producing about 317,000 gallons of milk in the first year of operation. The farm is set to begin operating in November of 2011.
“This is the first time in history that our country will produce fresh cows’ milk,” said Srey Chanthou, managing director of 7NG Group. “We hope it will be successful, and that we can expand our business further.”
Cambodia is looking to expand its agricultural productivity in other ways--late last year the firm Angkor Kasekam Roongroeung announced plans to operate its first rice-husk-powered generator to, you guessed it, mill rice.
8 comments:
investment in agriculture is good too in cambodia. yes, people like fresh milk in cambodia. there's a market for it! god bless cambodia.
HOLY COWS
ho much can 80% of population support fresh milk? or only the crooks?
Brown Swiss is better! Best to drink milk fresh without pasturization.
It was very good to have fresh milk or dairy product in cambodia. Fresh milk was very good for kid and adult also.
Just remind you,In Cambodia we have rice farm,fruid farm..
In New Zewaland(About 4 million population)(about 7 to 8000 Cambodian New Zealander) , NZ have Cows&oxen farm,Sheep farm(About 40 to50 million sheeps),deer farm , fruit farm(Not rice farm).80to 90% of the people used fresh milk every day.
Hopefully ,Our people in Cambodia will taste fresh milk soom.It is very good for them.
i like milk but not cow desease
with this, i hope cambodia will also have veterinarian school and veterinarians to keep animals healthy, etc...
Can you live in Cambodia, buddy?
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