Chapter 164 Animal Husbandry
When it comes to wildlife in Mozambique, there is certainly more wildlife than anywhere else in East Africa, where the East African Defence Forces and militias are still carrying out "cleansing".
And until the population of Mozambique has not changed much, I am afraid that there is no good way to solve this problem, once harvested, it will soon rise back, so that East Africa has a lot more ivory and leather.
"Mayor Wald, we're going to spend the night near your town tonight, I wonder if you have any good places to recommend?" Lawrence asked.
Wald thought carefully for a while and said: "We also have a cowshed in the town, but the scale is too small, it is definitely not enough for you, as for the town there is no open space, if you don't mind, you can rest on the grass south of the town, if it is a person, you can definitely arrange a little better accommodation, but you have too many cattle." ”
Lawrence asked, "Have you seen any wild beasts around your town lately?" ”
Wald shook his head and said: "It's gone in the last two or three years, and it may have been encountered before, but now it's all killed and extinct, and you don't have to worry about the land south of our town, it was still a temporary barracks for a southbound cavalry unit the year before last, and they had a lot of horses, so there were a lot of barracks built in the south at that time, you can live directly, but now it's abandoned, and you just need to take care of it." ”
This is a complete surprise for Lawns, this abandoned military camp is probably a product of the South African war, if nothing else, it is likely to be an abandoned camp of the cavalry division, and it should be enough to house the cattle that Lawens escorted.
The most precious thing is that there are abandoned houses to live in, although it should be overgrown with weeds now, but it is much better than setting up a temporary tent for your own people.
After a few more words of thanks, Lawrence led the group towards the abandoned barracks.
The scale of this abandoned barracks in the town of Maringen is not small, and there are even horse sheds, which makes Lawnes even more pleasantly surprised, and after checking the quality, Lawens is also relieved that he can house his own cattle.
The abandoned barracks were actually in use for less than three months, and most of the buildings were intact because of the short time the South African War had passed.
It was about as expected by Lawrnes, and it was overgrown with weeds, but it was completely satisfying for the cowboy who slept on the prairie all year round.
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There are not many cowboys like Lawnes who export livestock to Mozambique, and the livestock industry in East Africa is now relatively developed, almost the same as that of the major livestock countries in the Americas.
However, due to the short development history of East Africa, the demand for livestock mainly meets domestic construction first, so the export of East African meat in the international market is not too strong.
To say that the country with the fastest development of animal husbandry in recent years still belongs to Argentina, backed by British investment and the huge British market, Argentina's animal husbandry industry has even caught up with the United States to a certain extent.
This is one of the reasons why Argentina and the United States did not deal with each other in the early days, and there was actually a huge conflict of interest between the two, especially in the livestock industry.
At the height of Argentina's glamorous era, the whole of Europe and the Commonwealth was its beef market and became a high-income country.
Of course, there may not be no British intervention in this, after all, after the independence of the United States, Britain has always wanted to support a country in the Americas to form a balance with the United States, and Brazil is obviously not this material, but Argentina is the southernmost point of the Americas, and the Americans are beyond the reach of the whip.
Of course, in the early days, Argentina did not deal with the United States, and when Argentina and Britain clashed in the Falkland Islands (Falklands), Argentina tried to pull the banner of the "Monroe Doctrine" and use the strength of the Americans to make Britain retreat in the face of difficulties, but the United States played dead, which made the Argentines very unhappy.
In this regard, East Africa, as an emerging livestock powerhouse, is not in much conflict with it, because the inflow of dairy meat products into the international market in East Africa is small and concentrated in Germany.
In addition, East Africa is a little inferior in quality, especially in the northern pastures, where animal husbandry is only large, and if you want to break the situation, you can only wait for the development of animal husbandry in South Africa.
However, this is also thanks to the rapid growth of East Africa's own population, which means the market, and the domestic market in East Africa is not yet saturated, which greatly digests excess capacity.
A country with a small population like Argentina is actually very dangerous, and without the support of the British, the Argentine livestock industry will be devastated, because of its extreme dependence on the international market.
The United States has nothing to fear about this, because the United States' own beef consumption market itself is the largest in the world, and even if it competes with other countries, it can protect its own market through tariff barriers.
The economy of East Africa is worse than that of the United States, but the per capita income can be regarded as a medium level in the world, the meat consumption capacity is considerable, and the large construction demand in East Africa is an indispensable substitute in the case that machinery has not been popularized in a large area.
Especially in the agricultural sector, there is a strong demand for cattle in East Africa, and these animals are also needed for the temporary work of large-scale construction projects in East Africa.
For example, the first state farm in the town of Shokui in Mozambique, for example, has only a dozen tractors, which is obviously far from enough, and now the tractor production capacity in East Africa is relatively limited, which is simply not enough for the national distribution of farms and plantations, so the importance of livestock is reflected at this time.
As for the black natives, although they are also very cheap, it is impossible for East Africa to completely rely on blacks for construction, after all, the national policy of East Africa is to eventually achieve the indigenous "zero".
Of course, although East Africa's livestock industry does not have an advantage in the international market for the time being, it does not mean that it cannot make great achievements in the future.
With the development of power technology in recent years, East Africa happens to be a leader in the field of refrigeration and preservation technology, thanks to Linde, Managing Director of Heixingen Power Company, the inventor of the world's first refrigerator.
With the promotion of Linde and other technicians, East Africa has maintained a leading position in refrigeration and preservation technology.
At present, some merchant ships in East Africa have begun the construction of cold storage, and East Africa is actively promoting this point.
After all, East Africa is a tropical country, the importance of refrigerators as a scientific and technological product to East Africa is self-evident, and at the same time, many fruits and vegetables in East Africa are mainly sold to Europe, and the development of cold and fresh technology is naturally conducive to the increase in East Africa's exports.
At the same time, there is a strong demand for chilled fresh technology in other sectors in East Africa, such as hospitals, where many medicines need to be kept in freezers.
Typical is snake venom, which is very common in East Africa, and the promotion of freezers has made it possible for some hospitals in remote areas of East Africa to ensure that the injured are treated.
In the future, to promote the export of dairy meat products in East Africa, cold and fresh technology is naturally an indispensable killer weapon, so with the blessing of science and technology, the future prospects of East African animal husbandry exports are still relatively optimistic.
Of course, the biggest problem of animal husbandry in East Africa is the serious lack of technology accumulation, especially in the cross-breeding of species, and it will take time to breed excellent livestock breeds suitable for East Africa.
And this will take time to accumulate, and it is not something that East Africa can change in a short period of time, but with the explosion of East African talent, it can be made up for as much as possible in the future.
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