Apr.
28th, 2010
Today
we met with Tsehay at the Land O Lakes office with Debay and Georgia. It is exciting to hear their plans for their
land near Chancho. We spent a couple of
hours discussing the dairy industry and formulating plans. We ran out of time before we ran out of
material so we will have to meet again.
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| Ayenew and I visiting the Abattior in Addia Ababa |
This
afternoon Ayanew took us to the Addis Ababa Abattoir where he used to
work. It was obvious that he was loved
by all there from the manager to the line workers. The facility is monstrous for Ethiopian
standards. They kill between 1000 and
2000 head a day and reach 3000 as the fasting season ends in April. The butcher shops buy the animals and present
them at the abattoir where they are slaughtered then sent to the shop. It was
very interesting.
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| The holding yard outside the beef side of the abottoir. |
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| The goat area at the abottoir. The pelts are in front, the worker is carrying some heads. This place slaughters thousands of animals each day. |
This
evening Abera and I met again with Tsehay to discuss the Kokosa property. It became a brainstorming and information
sharing discussion that lasted two hours.
We decided that we all needed to do a little more homework and some
number crunching to be able to put together a good plan to present to
Paul. Tsehay and Abera helped each other
see the others perspective which was helpful in generating and evaluating
ideas.
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