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Hungary backs livestock, aquaculture development
VIENTIANE,APRIL 6.(KPL)- The government of Hungary will continue to provide interest-free loans to Laos for the second phase of a livestock and aquaculture development project after handing over the first phase of the project at a ceremony held in Vientiane on 5 April.
“The first phase of the project included the building of animal and fish feed production facilities in the Nongtaeng area of Vientiane and two feed production plants for pigs and poultry in Naluang and Namthouam in Luang Prabang province,” National Agriculture and Forestry Extension Service Deputy Director Mr Soulivanthong Kingkeo said at the ceremony.
The project has also completed improvements to pigsties and poultry coops at the Nam Xouang livestock research centre and enlarged breeding stocks.
The project also sent some technical staff to train in new techniques on animal and fish feed production in both Laos and Vietnam, he said.
The second phase of the Lao-Hungarian Livestock and Aquaculture Development Project will continue to develop first phase activities and build further animal feed production facilities and slaughterhouses in Xayaboury, Savannakhet and Champassak provinces, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
The project will also improve breeding stocks of pigs, cattle, fish and poultry and develop systems to test and measure the quality of agricultural products for export.
The project will see Hungarian businesspeople establish joint investments in Laos. Mr Soulivanthong said that the aim of the project is to produce sufficient food for domestic demand and promote small-scale producers, pro-cessers and exporters in Laos.
Most Lao farmers still raise animals using traditional roaming-grazing methods in fields, so improving the quality of breeding stocks and animal feed is necessary to boost the incomes of local people and increase agricultural output, he said. The 10 year cooperation project will help to reduce animal feed imports from abroad and boost domestic production.
During the first phase of the project, the Lao government borrowed about US$8 million from the government of Hungary and expects to borrow a further US$40 million under the second phase.
Laos and Hungary have a long history of cooperation in agriculture; the Hungarian government has provided training and technical education on establishing chicken farms and fish breeding stations in Laos.
The ceremony was attended by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mr Sitaheng Rasphone, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr Ty Phommasak, and Deputy Minister for the National Economy of Hungary Mr Balazs Botos and his delegation.
“The first phase of the project included the building of animal and fish feed production facilities in the Nongtaeng area of Vientiane and two feed production plants for pigs and poultry in Naluang and Namthouam in Luang Prabang province,” National Agriculture and Forestry Extension Service Deputy Director Mr Soulivanthong Kingkeo said at the ceremony.
The project has also completed improvements to pigsties and poultry coops at the Nam Xouang livestock research centre and enlarged breeding stocks.
The project also sent some technical staff to train in new techniques on animal and fish feed production in both Laos and Vietnam, he said.
The second phase of the Lao-Hungarian Livestock and Aquaculture Development Project will continue to develop first phase activities and build further animal feed production facilities and slaughterhouses in Xayaboury, Savannakhet and Champassak provinces, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
The project will also improve breeding stocks of pigs, cattle, fish and poultry and develop systems to test and measure the quality of agricultural products for export.
The project will see Hungarian businesspeople establish joint investments in Laos. Mr Soulivanthong said that the aim of the project is to produce sufficient food for domestic demand and promote small-scale producers, pro-cessers and exporters in Laos.
Most Lao farmers still raise animals using traditional roaming-grazing methods in fields, so improving the quality of breeding stocks and animal feed is necessary to boost the incomes of local people and increase agricultural output, he said. The 10 year cooperation project will help to reduce animal feed imports from abroad and boost domestic production.
During the first phase of the project, the Lao government borrowed about US$8 million from the government of Hungary and expects to borrow a further US$40 million under the second phase.
Laos and Hungary have a long history of cooperation in agriculture; the Hungarian government has provided training and technical education on establishing chicken farms and fish breeding stations in Laos.
The ceremony was attended by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mr Sitaheng Rasphone, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr Ty Phommasak, and Deputy Minister for the National Economy of Hungary Mr Balazs Botos and his delegation.
