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Outline of the Project

Project Name

Small Scale Dairy Farming Improvement through Genetic and Feeding Management Improvement Project (GFMI Project)

Country

Sri Lanka

Project Purpose

This project is designed to improve breeding and feeding & dairy management appropriate for small scale dairy farming and eventually increase the milk productivity in the target areas.

Target areas:

Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, and Kurunegala Districts.

Objectives:

The techniques and institutional set-up for small scale dairy farming improvement are developed through breeding and feeding & dairy management improvement in the target areas.

Outputs

(1) Sustainable progeny testing method is developed in Sri Lanka.

(2) Appropriate Artificial Insemination Techniques related to progeny testing are confirmed.

(3) Feeding and dairy management of dairy farmers are improved.

Implementation Structure:

This JICA project is being implemented in collaboration with Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development and Department of Animal Production and Health.

Duration of the Project:

Five years (from April 2009 to March 2014)

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