SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE CAMEL MILK-PROJECT IN ALBANIA
| Project name: | Camel milk |
| Project type: | Agriculture/food production |
| Project location: | Albania/Europe |
Introduction
What is the aim of the project?
The project uses the camel (CamelusDromedarius) for obtaining the highest quality food. The animal will be used as the source of milk, wool, meat, fat and bones for the production of various goods. Other food-producing animals, such as the bison, buffalo, alpaca and lama will also serve as sources of wool, milk and meat for the production of high quality goods (camel milk and other camel milk products, wool and knitwear), which will be exported to the European and Russian consumer’s markets. It should stimulate the development of echo tourism in Albania (safaris on camels and horses, following the travel stories of Karl May). The camel farm in Albania will serve as the first large-scale training unit in Europe for camel-farming and processing of products.
Who will be the consumers of the project?
- The population of Albania – the project will make it possible to create new jobs for the people and offer work opportunities in the region suffering greatly from depopulation of the countryside.
- The regions in Albania – the project will encourage the development of tourism, which will attract foreign exchange to remote regions of Albania.
- Europe – the project will produce high quality goods which will be exported to European and Russian markets.
What will the project offer?
Food-producing animals:
- Camels (Arabian camel, double-humped camel, lama and alpaca)
- Horses
- Buffalo
- Bison
- Beefalo
Products:
- Milk (camel, horse and buffalo/bison)
- Meat (camel, buffalo and bison/beefalo)
- Wool (camel, lama, alpaca)
- Bones (for handicraft processing)
- Leather
- Dung
Farm products
- Camel farming
- Dairy cattle husbandry
- Beef stock farming
- Production of woollen goods
- Production of handmade goods from bones
- Leather processing
- Training in camel farming (Agricultural training centre for camel farming, meat processing, dairy husbandry, live stock breeding), camel and horse breeding.
Tourism – hotel and gastronomy offers
- Tourism (holidays on the camel farm, camel safaris following the travel stories of Karl May)
- Camel and horse riding, camel and horse racing
- Caravan-serei (chain of oriental-style hotels and restaurants in different regions of Albania, built in the old oriental ottoman style and decorated accordingly).
- Cuisine; oriental (referring to Turkish lands – osman). Middle price segment.
- Customers. Local and foreign tourists – from Europe and the USA.
General information
The project will create possibility for sensible activities (such as farming and tourism) with high market value, can serve as a possible pilot project for other camel farms in Europe (predominantly south-eastern/eastern Europe).
The project is environmentally friendly and will need a small amount of natural resources, will be naturally integrated in Albania, where agricultural activities are unprofitable and which future largely depends on tourism and agriculture.
With the camel as the main source of raw material, the best time for the launch of the project is the time which follows the expected climate change, bringing dry climate and long periods of droughts in South Europe.
The project aims to produce 20000 liters of camel milk per day in its first stage
| Demand for capital investments: | 6-10 mln euros (according to the scope of the project) |
| Expected turnover: | about 6 mln euro per year (only milk and dairy products) |
| Project revenue: | 30% / 50% |
| Investors Opportunity: | Investment against Equity |
Project Team:
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Dr. Zakaria Farah is since 1982 senior lecturer for food technology in developing countries at Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETHZ. He is a leader of a group within the institue dealing with development oriented research programmes in the area of food security in developing countries. For the last 15 years camel milk has been on of the main research areas for the group of Dr. Farah. This research, which has been done in collaboration with different research institutions in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, has resulted in many publications in international papers and two textbooks on camel milk and several PhD theses. |
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Ronald M. Meier is a Swiss and Albanian citizen, involved in business and project development in Albania since 1992. Since 2003 he is involved in agricultural project in the dairy sector in Russia (www.novyfarm.com). As initiator of the Camel Milk Farming Project in Albania, he strongly believe that this project will be a leading innovation in the milk industry and a big surplus in the health food sector of the consumer markets, especially in the EU and the US. He thinks, that the nutritional facts of Camel Milk will be a great help to all those are suffering of all kind of allergies, but specially those suffer from cow milk lactose sensitivity. Ronald M. Meier is involved in different other projects, focused on business development in Russia, Turkey the UAE and India. |
Dr. Zakaria Farah (ETH /Switzerland)
Dr. Sokrat Sinaj
Ronald M. Meier (ZAMENIS AG)ZAMENS AG is responsible for the development of the project, leading and coordination of the project, as well as fund raising.
Download-Brochure Camel Milk Project (PDF 760 KB) in Deutsch.
A short overview of the project in Albanian you will find here.
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