Accordingly, 32,000 acres of 32 farms belonging to the NLDB will be given on lease, and the valuation of the animals and land is being done at present.

A group of representatives of India's Amul Company were recently reported to have visited the relevant farms for an observation tour.

NLDB Chairman Prof. H.W. Cyril said although the NLDB and Milco were established many years ago to increase animal production in this country, the expected development has not occurred in the field.

Meanwhile, union representatives of dairy farmers have been protesting from time to time claiming that the government is taking measures to sell livestock in Sri Lanka to foreign companies.