Cash cows, Afghanistan's dairy farmers struggle to meet demand

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Cash cows, Afghanistan's dairy farmers struggle to meet demand

STORY: Cash cows, Afghanistan's dairy farmers struggle to meet demand DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the dairy plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): KHALID KHAN NIAMAT, Managing Director of Khatiz Labaniat 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MOHSEN KHAN, Cattle owner 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): SEDIQULLAH, Worker of Khatiz Labaniat STORYLINE: Khatiz Labaniat (Eastern Dairy) is the only dairy plant in Afghanistan's eastern region. The factory collects milk from 1,500 villagers living around Jalalabad and can process 5,000 liters of milk per day. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): KHALID KHAN NIAMAT, Managing director of Khatiz Labaniat "The demand for our products has never been higher and the milk supply is not enough to meet it. Unfortunately due to a shortage of milk and dairy farm, our dairy plant can't meet the demand of the market. We have 20 persons directly employed here, but as many as 3,000 people work in the supply chain. Since things becam

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