STROhalm & Instrodi, Dairy sheep project, Agrovila, Sergipe – Brazil, 2006. Production (camera, editing & text): Silke Hassreiter Voice over: Valbiner Gonçalves Project leader: Ana Ferreira Project members: Arjen Bemmelmans, Olaf Veerman Tobias Barreto: Agricultural innovation in Brazil The surrounding region of Tobias Barreto has something which most villages in the arid North East of Brazil can only dream of: a surplus of water. Yet, the local agriculture and economy have insufficiently benefited from this advantage. For this reason STRO co-operates with entrepreneurs and the local government in agricultural innovation: the production of sheep cheese, bio fuel and organic vegetables. In Brazil the countless sheep yield wool and meat. Sheep cheese, despite its high nutritional value is not a by-product in Brazil. Therefore the farmers near Tobias Barreto are grabbing the opportunity to partake in a new project: producing sheep milk and sheep cheese. The first step for the farmers is to follow a training programme to learn how to breed sheep that will improve the milk quality of the local sheep race Santa Inês. Additionally, a new factory will produce the high-quality Agrovila sheep cheese. This creates extra employment for women and youngsters. The new sheep products will be sold to tourist hotels in the coastal area of Brazil. (www.strohalm.net