The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a
Swiss-funded project to reduce poverty by developing animal husbandry in
the northern mountainous region.
Accordingly, the Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation will provide a non-refundable aid
of 1.19 million EUR for the project, which is estimated to cost more
than 2.32 million EUR in total.
The project will benefit the
Vietnam Institute for Animal Husbandry and the northern provinces of
Phu Tho, Yen Bai, and Son La.
It aims to increase local
farmers’ incomes by providing them with more breeding services and
suitable, sustainable animal husbandry models.
Under the
project, farmers will be enabled to apply breeding skills and knowledge
in small- and medium-sized farms, as well as improve their skills to do
household business and approach markets./.