Smallholder livestock are essential to rural livelihoods and incomes in Lao PDR, but commercialization rates are extremely low and more than 90% of poultry producers reside in traditional extensive subsistence systems.  

This book brings together the mosaic of patterns and draws the variability of changing landscapes in which the livestock sector operates.

To improve farmers knowledge and understanding of Swine Fever disease. To improve farmers' livelihoods through prevention of Swine Fever Disease in pigs. There will be improved relations between, and improved technical and extension skills amongst...

Livestock sector report

Access to global livestock markets has theoretically been facilitated by the ending of GATT, establishment of the WTO and signing of the SPS Agreement, but dissolution of trade barriers may be limited by the presence of specific...