The Haryana government has decided to establish a Haryana-Brazilian Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the Government Livestock Farm, Hisar, to improve the state's indigenous breeds of cattle and buffalos.
The CoE would be established on the basis of a tripartite agreement between the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hisar, the Haryana Livestock Development Board and the Association of Brazillian Zebu Breeders (ABCZ), Uberaba, Brazil, it said.
A decision to this effect has been taken in a meeting held between Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister O P Dhankar and Dr Jose Otavio Lemos of ABCZ, who called on the minister here today, the release said.
The Brazilian delegation has been requested to send a detailed proposal of the proposed CoE, including the requirement of land, funds and human resources, and also technology to be transferred from Brazil.
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