Millions to benefit from Intervet project in India
Akzo Nobel's animal healthcare business, Intervet, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to exclusively supply veterinary products for a special project in India which could benefit more than two million rural families. The partnership, with Indian NGO the BAIF Development Research Foundation, involves Intervet India providing products to BAIF, who in turn will make them available to small-scale farmers via their extensive network of Dairy Cattle Breeding Centers (CBC). A number of livestock disease diagnostic centers will also be established.
The agreement with BAIF will begin with a three-month trial in Gujarat and Karnataka, where around 250,000 families will have access to Intervet India's livestock range, including vaccines and anti-infectives. Once the trial is over in early 2006, an evaluation and fine-tuning will take place. The project will then be extended nationwide to cover all the CBCs.
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