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The Livestock Project components are: (a) development of a veterinary and livestock extension service; (b) production of vaccine against animal diseases; (c) improvement of 20,000 acres of communal pasture; (d) construction of water points in about 50 villages; (e) development of ten livestock development centers for the multiplication and supply to farmers of improved stock, pasture seeds, artificial insemination services and practical pasture and livestock production research studies; the importation of improved cattle, pigs and poultry, and cattle semen; (f) development of smallholder dairy production based on cross-breeding and improved nutrition together with the construction of two specialized dairy farms, as well as small dairy units on four selected LDC; constructing and operating, near Rangoon, a milk processing plant, and associated milk collection centers; and (g) provision of technical assistance and training facilities for diploma and undergraduate veterinary students.