Deep in Tunisia’s desert south, camels stride towards humming milking machines. Their milk is at the heart of a women-led project promising an economic lifeline for disadvantaged communities.
Spearheading this effort is 32-year-old Latifa Frifita, who launched Tunisia’s first and so far only, camel milk pasteurisation unit two years ago in Medenine.
The unit is based on research by Amel Sboui, 45, a senior biochemist at the Institute of Arid Regions, who succeeded in patenting a pasteurisation method that preserves camel…