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Project Description

Subprojects in Cambodia will focus on (i) development of quarantine zones including border quarantine posts (12 along Cambodia- Thailand border and 8 along Cambodia-Viet Nam border); (ii) development of livestock, and identification and traceability system; (iii) R&D in disease control and prevention; (iv) capacity building; and (v) surveillance system. A livestock disease control zone at key border areas in Yunnan, Lao PDR and Myanmar should thus be set up to (i) mitigate and manage the risk of foot-and-mouth disease incursion via cattle; (ii) control other key production and zoonotic diseases; (iii) serve as a buffer zone to regulate livestock trade between PRC and other GMS countries. The zone will house facilities for preventive measures such as animal identification (tagging), livestock movement management (e-traceability), quarantine, serological and pathological surveillance work, and vaccination facilities and services. Food safety pathogens and residue testing can build on the system once operational. It is also important to encourage the private sector to be involved in the zone and to set up modern slaughterhouses, meat processing, bio-digester facilities, and local feedlots through PPP schemes. The cost estimates by country in terms of millions of dollars are: Cambodia: 30; PRC: 50; Lao PDR: 25; Myanmar: 15; and Viet Nam: 30.

Progress (as of March 2021)

Proposed. (Endorsed by the Second GMS Agriculture Ministers- Meeting, September 2017). PRC: has not confirmed for loan from this project. Lao PDR is in the process of preparing project with delay in non-objection letter.

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