YANGON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is making efforts to establish a livestock research and development center for the sustainable growth of the country's livestock sector.
Dr. Aung Thu, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, said the plan to set up the center under a five-year project 2018-2023 is aimed at developing research programs countrywide, calling on project implementors to try their best to meet the ministry's target of improving the livestock sector, Myanmar News Agency reported Sunday.
According to statistics, Myanmar's livestock sector achieved up to 67.32 percent of its target this fiscal year of 2017-18 and the ministry has distributed 16.64 million vaccinations across the nation as part of its plan to protect farm animals against infectious diseases.
Meanwhile, a total of 14 projects on development of the sector have currently been implemented by the ministry with foreign aid.
According to the scheme to increase the number of working animals, a total of 27,954 cattle were artificially inseminated, while another 118,836 became pregnant naturally.
