US EditionIn Tunisia's arid south, camel milk offers hope for economic gain
- Latifa Frifita launched Tunisia's first camel milk pasteurisation unit in Medenine two years ago to support local economic development.
- Frifita’s initiative utilizes a patented pasteurisation technique developed by biochemist Amel Sboui that maintains the beneficial health properties of camel milk while significantly prolonging its freshness.
- The unit processes about 500 litres of pasteurised camel milk weekly with growing demand, supported by trust-building with local herders and health benefits recognized by consumers.
- ChameLait sells its milk at 12 Tunisian dinars per litre through retail shops, and the Institute of Arid Regions views the business as a model for job creation in a high-poverty area.
- By the end of 2025, a significant facility for gathering camel milk is planned to enhance mechanised milking processes and create additional job opportunities, with the goal of further strengthening the local economy.
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In Tunisia’s arid south, camel milk offers hope for economic gain
Deep in Tunisia's desert south, camels stride toward humming milking machines. Their milk is at the heart of a women-led project promising an economic lifeline for disadvantaged communities. Spearheading this effort is 32-year-old Latifa Frifita, who launched Tunisia's first, and so far only, camel milk pasteurisation unit two years ago in Medenine. The unit is
A fruit of innovative scientific research, camel milk imposes itself as a white gold with medicinal and economic virtues, giving life to the desert regions.
Médenine - In an experimental station in South Tunisia, at the Institut des régions arides (IRA), the startup "Chamelait" has installed its laboratory and its milking machines the camels
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