On July 13, 2006, the DLD signed an agreement with 24 major broiler and duck companies to establish 92 compartments which will cover 1276 farms (1 250 broiler farms and 26 duck farms) and a total of 120.6 million birds per batch. The target was that by the end of 2006 at least 1 000 farms would be compartmentalized. By the end of 2006, the number of farms that had applied for compartmentalization certification had increased to 1 877 broiler farms (from 18 companies) and 899 duck farms (from 2 companies) in 40 provinces.