LIVESTOCK CR. & PROCESS.

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The project would include: (a) the formation of a national Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) as a semi-autonomous, Government-owned commercial enterprise. LDC would establish about eight 50-cow dairy farms, a livestock fattening farm, a poultry unit and feed mill; (b) the construction and development of three urban slaughterhouses and about 154 municipal retail market stalls to be operated by the Ministry of Municipalities. Hides and skins improvement would be included, as well as meat inspection services; (c) the support of animal health services of the Directorate of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture through disease control and diagnostic services, veterinary field stations, and quarantine facilities at Hodeida; (d) the provision of supervised credit through ACF to about 900 traditional sector landowners, small holder livestock and poultry owners, and irrigated fodder crop producers; (e) the establishment of a livestock and range improvement center in the Intermontane plain area.