Producing our our feed II

Back in August, volunteer Catherine Moriarty wrote about student Rolando Condori and his graduation project that received support from the NGO conBolivia. Our two new volunteers, Jessie and Kirsten, wrote an update.
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Rolando Condori is a veterinary science student here at Unidad Academica Campesina- Carmen Pampa. His senior research project is called "The Implementation of a Processing Plant for Balanced Feed for Chickens and Pigs." To gather information on the chicken section of his thesis, he has collaborated with another student who is doing his project on a chicken farm for the university. Together they have interviewed farmers and farming cooperatives and have reviewed government data. Through this he has finished his research on chickens. He is still lacking information on pigs after some unsuccessful attempts at interviewing area farmers. He is planning to review the Municipal Development Plan of Coroico, the municipality in the area of influence of the project, but there is less recorded data on pigs in this area. He said he has had various setbacks with the project but he is optimistic about the outcome. He hopes to have it completed by the beginning of June.