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| Donkeys carry water containers in Kenya. ©The Brooke |
There is a
saying in Swahili Asante ya punda ni
mateke...(The thanks of a donkey are his kicks)
As such
there has often been a perception that the donkey is a very ungrateful
creature.
For this reason the donkey has been branded a beast of burden the
world over suffering several acts of cruelty as they transport different farm
and household goods.
A recommendation
by the
Food and Agriculture organization that donkey milk
be used to
counteract the global demand
of cow milk and other dairy products is
certain to make donkey owners
more kind to
their animals.
The UN
food agency late last
year recommended more usage of milk from a
variety of animals including camels, llamas
and donkeys due to the increasing high milk prices especially in the world.
Apart from goat, sheep and buffalos that are currently
being kept in different parts of the world
for provision of milk Fao recommends that the Alpaca, Moose, Reindeer and Yaks can also be
milked.
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A camel herder milks one of his camels in Oman Photo: ALAMY
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Rapid urbanization
in Africa and the
growing middle class means that
more people are having an increase in their disposable income and as a
result can a afford a change of
lifestyle eating more diary and meat
products.
Fao predicts that
by 2025 diary consumption in developing
countries will grow by 25
per cent because
of population growth and rising
incomes and cow milk which most people are currently dependent on will not be sufficient to
supple the most
vulnerable households.
Consumption of
camel milk has been growing Ethiopia, Mali and Somalia and the trend is quickly
picking up in Kenya.
With their milk being fronted as more nutritious and
healthy. Though it is not for the fainthearted, you will have a thoroughly cleansed
stomach before your intestines get used to the milk.
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| Making a quick buck: A woman selling donkey milk to slum dwellers in Vijayawada. — PHOTO: V.RAJU |
Its popularity
has vastly spread that it is not common for one to order camel milk tea of the
menu in a restaurant in Nairobi. Am guessing though in the next five years we
will be doing the same for donkeys?
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