A cattle herd in An Vien commune

    The project is aimed at both developing beef cattle production to help increase the income of farmers in these two poor communes and create a large number of premium blood calves for a gradual replacement of the district’s current cow breeds of small stature and changing farmers’ agricultural production practices.

    Three years after implementation, the project has created a model combining beef cattle breeding and high-yield grass planting together. The project has the participation of 21 households in An Vien and Doi 61 communes. It has suited an underdeveloped economy in mountainous areas, trained four technicians in veterinary and breeding and organized training sessions on high-yield beef cattle breeding techniques for 120 households. These technicians and households will be an important resource throughout the model-building process and expansion period of the post-project production capacity. The project has bred 11 female calves and 15 male beef calves to support other local households. In addition, Brahman bull semen has been used to inseminate 197 foundation cows in An Vien and Doi 61 communes. Blood calves born will be selected as foundation ones to bring out changes in the stature and quality of beef cattle.

Reported by Lien Huong, Translated by Duy Minh