ULLA ULLA DEVT PROJ

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The Ulla Ulla Rural Development Project will help set up an integrated system for the production, processing and marketing of alpaca/llama/vicuna wool with the objective of raising the income levels of poor farmers and artisans. It would also complement the directly production-oriented activities with production support and social infrastructure investment to improve the quality of life of the alpaca/llama farmers in the Ulla Ulla region. The proposed project would finance: (a) alpaca/llama/vicuna development in Ulla Ulla comprising credit to farmers an alpaca/llama research program, a commercial demonstration farm, a vicuna conservation and development program and production support and social infrastructure; (b) improvements in the collection, storage and processing of alpaca/llama/sheep wool, including construction of a processing plant and research on llama wool dehairing; (c) credit for wool handicrafts development; and (d) administration costs.