AgCoTech's partnership with Australia’s Government Business Partnership Platform
Research undertaken by Emeritus Professor Peter Windsor, School of Veterinary Science at The University of Sydney, with support from DFAT and Australia’s Business Partnership Program BPP, found medicated molasses blocks for livestock can reduce smallholder farmer poverty & fight climate change.
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AgCoTech's Closed Loop Carbon Offset Program
Enhancing livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Laos .
Research developed through Australia's Business Partnerships Platform initiative has developed AgCoTech's business model, where medicated molasses blocks are produced locally in Laos and other countries to provide low-cost supplements to smallholder farmers, local employment and drive regional development.
For more information on the BPP partnership, please visit our Partners page.
To access Professor Windsor's full research paper, it can be downloaded here.
Our Story .
AgCoTech wanted to do more than just offset carbon, believing carbon offset programs should be able to accomplish more than simply planting a tree or generating offsets with no short, medium or long term goals for the rural community.
AgCoTech is committed to supporting local supply chains to reduce transport carbon footprints, provide local employment which lifts poverty, improves animal health and wellbeing and we encourage gender equality in small agricultural hubs.
We focus on animal performance and productivity first, community development from income generated through more resilient livestock production, and then the gains in reduction of carbon emissions.
After many years of research by Sydney University and independent trials all around the world, a patented innovative medicated block technology was developed.
These medicated feed blocks allow ruminants (cattle, buffalo, sheep & goats) to get the maximum nutritional benefit from their feed, resulting in a significant reduction in methane production from the animals and improving their overall health and productivity, which in turn drives higher milk and meat production.
A copy of the report can be downloaded here.
AgCoTech plans to manufacture its technology in local hubs, providing local communities with employment opportunities
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