Mr. Robert Spencer, a small ruminant specialist from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, recently returned from his second visit to Burma (also known as Myanmar) as volunteer for the USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program. During Mr. Spencer’s first visit, he worked with the Myanmar Livestock Federation to help Burmese farmers enhance their knowledge in two areas: nucleus goat farming and meat quality analysis. On his latest assignment, he teamed up with the Myanmar Livestock Federation for a second time to present additional farmer trainings. This time, he was asked to cover three topics: small ruminant farming operations, livestock business management and goat milk soap making. Because of this, he referred to himself as “a man with three hats.” (more…)