PHOTOS: HELMICH VAN REES
An investment in knowledge is never lost Cheick Ahmed Ouattara
‘An investment in knowledge is never lost’, says Cheick Ahmed Ouattara. This twenty-six year old Burkinabé is the embodiment of ‘the student who becomes the master.’ He runs his own poultry farm in Burkina Faso and came to Barneveld in the Netherlands to learn about improving the health of his chickens.
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heick Ahmed Ouattara has not only applied his newly gained knowledge at his own farm, but has also helped teach it to others. He teaches his students about a wide range of poultryrelated challenges, like preventing diseases, proper construction of poultry units and chick breeding. These trainings in Burkina Faso are just one example of the projects run by the Aeres Training Centre International. Based in the Netherlands, this centre helps people, governments and companies improve poultry farming practices all over the world. Students from developing countries travel to the Netherlands, or trainings and courses are given abroad, in countries in Asia and Africa, for example. Because there is an
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