The farmer, on the right, seems quite progressive. He is propagating Napier grass cuttings to plant
in some renovated plots of lands to increase his forage supply. The lower picture shows chopped forage for his cattle which are all fed the same ration, whether dairy or beef or sheep.
This farmer milks about 20 cows but has hopes of doubling or tripling his milking herd by next year. He hopes a new milk plant will soon be constructed in the area. He currently sells raw milk to local customers but claims his market is limited and has surplus milk that he gives away.
frame between the seat and the handle bars. The second photo is of course the front quarters of slaughtered animal...probably a young bull. Almost anywhere we travel we see people walking with goods on their heads, bicycles being ridden or pushed with enormous loads.
As we drive along rural roads and rural communities, this is a very typical sight throughout Rwanda...mud bricks carved and dug up on a future building site.
If this series of pictures seems to look like a presentation then you are correct. I have been invited by the Minister of Agriculture to speak at a meeting of farmers and staff that she has convened for tomorrow, Monday March 22. 
the second picture they are using a plate cooler similar to the one on our former farm except here they are using chilled glycol as the heat transfer medium and thus cooling the milk very fast.
This dairy only processes pasteurized milk in gable top cartons. Plastic bags or jugs are not allowed in Rwanda although water is distributed in plastic bottles...a question I'll be asking the minister since cartons cost about 4-5 times the price of plastic bags.
