AGR.CR. DAIRY I

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The purpose of the Karnataka Dairy Development Project is to finance an integrated program for increasing the production of milk in rural areas through a program which includes quality cross-breeding, animal health improvement, and the development of facilities for milk collection, processing and marketing. The project consists of: (a) the establishment of about 1,800 dairy cooperative societies, four milk producers unions and the KDDC; (b) an artificial insemination program of cross-breeding the native village cattle with high producing exotic breeds, and associated programs for fodder production and production of purebred exotic breeding stock; (c) establishment of milk collection routes and centers and the expansion of two existing dairy plants and construction of two others, as well as of four cattle feed mills; (d) establishment of two regional diagnostic laboratories as support for an animal health research program, and production of veterinary biologicals and vaccines; (e) provision of consultant services to assist KDDC in developing demonstration farms, applied research trials on pastures and milk marketing studies; and (f) provision of credit to dairy farmers for purchase of crossbred cattle.

World Bank Group

Project

Raw Materials, Consumer Products, Government