• Algerian Rachid Ibersiene cuts cheese in his shop in Tamassit village, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. All photos: Reuters
    Algerian Rachid Ibersiene cuts cheese in his shop in Tamassit village, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. All photos: Reuters
  • Ibersiene came back to his native region to open up the small business after spending 16 years in Switzerland
    Ibersiene came back to his native region to open up the small business after spending 16 years in Switzerland
  • Algerian Rachid Ibersiene prepares Swiss cheese in his shop in Tamassit village, in the Kabylie region of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria March 15, 2023. REUTERS / Abdelaziz Boumzar
    Algerian Rachid Ibersiene prepares Swiss cheese in his shop in Tamassit village, in the Kabylie region of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria March 15, 2023. REUTERS / Abdelaziz Boumzar
  • But he says: 'Demand is always in a crescendo, rising sharply. We can’t satisfy all our clients because our work is based on the good quality of the milk. The problem is that we have only between 700 and 1,000 litres per day which makes 80 kilograms of cheese per day and our clients take them'
    But he says: 'Demand is always in a crescendo, rising sharply. We can’t satisfy all our clients because our work is based on the good quality of the milk. The problem is that we have only between 700 and 1,000 litres per day which makes 80 kilograms of cheese per day and our clients take them'
  • 'I decided to come back to Algeria because of its potential. We are working a lot with camel milk with internationally renowned researchers to examine the possibility of transmitting immunity from camel milk to nutrition'
    'I decided to come back to Algeria because of its potential. We are working a lot with camel milk with internationally renowned researchers to examine the possibility of transmitting immunity from camel milk to nutrition'

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Algerian man builds cheese business after 16 years in Switzerland - in pictures

Rachid Ibersiene's business is known to have the best Swiss cheese in the Kabylie region

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1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation

10. Reduce inequality  within and among countries

11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its effects

14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development

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