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Holland funds standard dairy cattle farm
The Vietnam Milk Joint-stock Company (Vinamilk) and Dutch Campina Company inaugurated a training centre for dairy cattle farmers and a model dairy cattle farm in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on June 6.
The two dairy cattle facilities belong to a 1.2 million Euro project, to which the Netherlands Government contributes half of the investment and the rest is equally shared between Vinamilk and Campina.
With the aim of improving the volume and quality of local milk sources in Lam Dong, the project has helped hold training courses for milk cow farmers, invested in model dairy cattle farms, set up milk collection stations and supported satellite farms.
The project has provided 15,000 Euros for 30 families to buy calves, build or repair cow stables, grow meadows and build irrigation systems, turning them into satellite farms.
The Campina-Vinamilk project will expire by late 2008 and will be transferred to Vinamilk to continue the job till 2010.
VNA
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