HOHHOT, July 31 (Xinhua) -- North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will invest 230 million yuan (about 32.9 million U.S. dollars) to support the development of the traditional dairy industry, said the regional department of agriculture and animal husbandry.
The investment will be used to support the development of dairy farms that both produce milk and meat in pastoral areas, encourage dairy farms and cooperatives to set up traditional dairy plants and workshops and support such plants and workshops in building their own milk source bases, said Liu Yongzhi, deputy head of the department.
The region has 16 traditional dairy companies and 746 registered workshops. More than 390 tonnes of fresh milk is processed daily on average, with an annual output value of 600 million yuan.
The region will also allocate 30 million yuan to support the upgrading of 100 workshops, covering the standardization of production equipment, processing and production, cold chain transportation and sanitation management, Liu added. Enditem
