The livestock sector plays a vital role in the economies of many developing countries including those in Asia. In light of increasing incomes leading to changing diets and lifestyles, Asia’s demand for livestock‐derived food (meat,...

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.  

An estimated 2.6 billion people in the developing world have to live on less than $2 a day. Of these people, about 1.4 billion are extremely poor, surviving on less than $1.25 a day each....

The countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam are part of the Mekong region. The Philippines on the other hand is an archipelago but joins the said countries as a member of the...

Cebu City, Philippines, 2­4 November 2011