Jersey cows helping boost milk yields in Nepal

Jersey cows are helping Nepalese farmers improve the quality of their milk in a scheme described as a “real success story” for addressing poverty.

Genetic material is being sent to the country so that cows there can be cross-bred to help improve milk yields, Jersey Overseas Aid said.

The development agency said the four-year scheme, also involving Project Heifer and the Royal Agricultural Society working with three co-operatives in Nepal, was having “an amazing impact”.

Sara Peeters, from Heifer Netherlands, has been visiting farms in Jersey. She said the project would help improve the lives of Nepal’s farmers who would get “better milk at higher prices”.