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The project is part of the government's program of opening up unoccupied land for ranching under proper management. The project aims at raising the incomes of cattlemen and farmers by increasing production and improving the quality of livestock. It comprises: (a) the establishment of thirty breeding and five fattening ranches of about 16,000 acres each in the west, and the improvement and expansion of twenty-four Karakul sheep farms of about 17,000 acres each in the southwest; (b) the establishment of nine fattening ranches of about 20,000 acres each in the eastern part of the country and one 180,000 acres ranch - the Makalamabedi fattening ranch - in the north; (c) the establishment and operation of mobile borehole installation and maintenance units, and stock route development; (d) project management and land surveys; and (e) marketing and ecological studies.