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April 28, 2019 | Last Modified: 2020

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A socially-responsible enterprise consisting of a commercial dairy and production facility to make products such as yoghurt, cheese and ice cream for local and overseas customers.

Responsibility

Laos Buffalo Dairy cooperates with people from villages in and around Luang Prabang by renting their buffalo, which provides the families with a regular income stream from an underutilised resource, namely female buffalo; male buffalo being sold for meat. We built a facility for milking their buffalo and keeping them well fed, healthy and safe. The daily running and operation of the dairy allowed us to create 30 full-time positions, which we offered to the farmers who have been helping us on the land since the beginning.

Business Case

This socially-responsible business is funded, owned and managed by foreign investors and 2 Lao nationals working in conjunction with local Lao villagers and provide the following benefits: Local farmers receive a new source of revenue by renting their buffalo to the dairy, Improved care for buffalo and their calves and a breeding programme to improve calf survival rates, New income and skills for the community members who will be employed by the business, in the dairy, production and administration, and etc.

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A socially-responsible enterprise consisting of a commercial dairy and production facility to make products such as yoghurt, cheese and ice cream for local and overseas customers.

Laos Buffalo Dairy cooperates with people from villages in and around Luang Prabang by renting their buffalo, which provides the families with a regular income stream from an underutilised resource, namely female buffalo; male buffalo being sold for meat. We built a facility for milking their buffalo and keeping them well fed, healthy and safe. The daily running and operation of the dairy allowed us to create 30 full-time positions, which we offered to the farmers who have been helping us on the land since the beginning.

This socially-responsible business is funded, owned and managed by foreign investors and 2 Lao nationals working in conjunction with local Lao villagers and provide the following benefits: Local farmers receive a new source of revenue by renting their buffalo to the dairy, Improved care for buffalo and their calves and a breeding programme to improve calf survival rates, New income and skills for the community members who will be employed by the business, in the dairy, production and administration, and etc.

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