A special centre would be built in 2008, where German specialists would teach Bulgarian dairy farmers in cattle breeding, BTA reported.

Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil announced on October 25, after a meeting with the Minister of food and rural areas of Baden-Würtemmberg, Peter Haulk.

Haulk was on a work-visit to Bulgaria on an invitation of his Bulgarian colleague.

Several European countries had similar centres in Bulgaria and they represented mostly small farmers, with a stock of 20 to 40. The German centre would have a small laboratory and class rooms, Kabil said.

Kabil said Bulgarian cattle breeding needed such a centre as there was not enough practical experience in the sector.

German experience in biotechnology would be the next sector in which the two countries would co-operate, Kabil said.