More milk for dairy farmers in Myanmar

Dairy farming and nuclear science – it seems to be a strange combination, but an isotopic technique can be used to breed more productive dairy cows. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported on a case where a small-scale dairy farmer in Myanmar has benefitted by using bull semen, made via nuclear and isotopic techniques. Historically, cattle in Myanmar were used as a source of power in agriculture for ploughing the fertile fields of the country’s river valleys. Most of