The high-tech experimental dairy farm with Israel’s financial and technical supports will start work next month in HCMC, said Israeli ambassador Amnon Efrat when he met with city chairman Le Hoang Quan last week.
Located in Binh Chanh District, this 9.8-hectare project will come into operation later this year. The project requires total investment capital of US$6.3 million, including Israel’s ODA loan of more than US$1million.
HCMC chairman Le Hoang Quan (R) receives Israeli ambassador Amnon Efrat at the City Hall - Photo: Kinh Luan
Talking to Quan, the ambassador pledged that Israeli technology will help to increase the yearly productivity to 7,000 – 8,000 liters per milk cow.
“We hope this dairy farm will be not only a hi-tech experimental facility but also a good training center,” said Efrat.
Nguyen Phuoc Trung, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the hi-tech dairy farm will initially choose 100 milk cows from farming households for trial rearing, and would raise the herd by an additional 80 head of cattle later.
“Because the total cost of imported Israeli cows is too high, the two sides had agreed to tap local cows that have been chosen from best strains” explained Trung.
Trung also admitted that the project has been delayed for so long due to complicated procedures, as the related memorandum of understanding had been signed with Israel since 2007.
At the meeting, Efrat also talked about a hospital project with Israeli support, saying that the hi-tech children hospital project has gone through all procedures.
The ambassador hoped “the city government will facilitate the project by providing preferential treatment.” This project by a group of Israeli investors has total investment of US$45 million.
By Kinh Luan
(Theo website Lê Hoàng Quân)
