Pakistan accredits first veterinary disease diagnostic laboratory

Posted on 11 Feb 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

The first-ever Veterinary Disease Diagnostic Testing Laboratory at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore has received “Certificate of Accreditation” from the Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC), which has mutual recognition arrangements with the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC). The laboratory, established through the funding of … Continue reading →

Animal Products / Asia / Dairying / India / Livestock / Markets / South Asia

Indian farmers preferring to rear livestock for meat

Posted on 8 Feb 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

India’s almost-indelible perch atop global milk-producing nations is showing the first signs of cracks, with farmers increasingly preferring to rear livestock for meat, lured by lucrative prices and a friendly government policy. Read more … (Economic Times) Continue reading →

Asia / Forages / Livestock

CIAT seeks Forage and Livestock Systems Specialist Asia

Posted on 27 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

CIAT is seeking applications for the position of a Forage and Livestock Systems Specialist. The position will be based at the Regional Office of CIAT in Asia, in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and will be housed within the Tropical Forages Program of CIAT. Read more … (CIAT) Continue reading →

Asia / Livestock / Markets / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Vietnam livestock industry under review

Posted on 25 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

The animal husbandry and poultry sectors will be reviewed and restructured so that they develop in a sustainable and competitive manner, an official said at a conference in HCM City yesterday. Hoang Kim Giao, head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Animal Husbandry Department, said under the Livestock Development Strategy, the country would … Continue reading →

Asia / India / Livestock / Markets / Philippines / South Asia / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Vietnam

Contract farming to integrate rural smallholders in markets for livestock products

Posted on 15 Jan 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

This report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of contract farming as an institution for integrating rural smallholders in markets for livestock products, using detailed reviews of particular case studies on contract farming in India, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. Read more … (Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative) Continue reading →

Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Markets / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Vietnam: Taking a pig to market

Posted on 13 Jan 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

The rapid growth in demand for pork in Vietnam represents an opportunity for smallholders to improve their incomes. But limited access to improved breeds, inputs, veterinary services and markets has constrained smallholders from benefiting fully from market opportunities presented by this rising demand. Recent pronouncements on government policy have also favoured the development of larger-scale, … Continue reading →

Asia / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Livestock / Research / Southeast Asia

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in Southeast Asia and priorities for ILRI’s support

Posted on 5 Jan 2010 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This Status Report by Orville L Bondoc on Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in Southeast Asia and priorities for ILRI’s support was released on 30 December, 2009. In order to establish the priorities for collaborative capacity strengthening activities of the learning institutes in the areas of animal production and veterinary services, ILRI … Continue reading →

Animal Breeding / Asia / Buffalo / India / Livestock / South Asia

NDRI produce the world’s first and second cloned buffalo calves

Posted on 31 Dec 2009 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In June 2009, scientists of National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal have developed the landmark technique i.e. “Handguided Cloning Technique” and have produced the world’s first and second cloned buffalo calves. This technique is simpler and is an advanced modification of the “Conventional Cloning Technique” which was used for the production of the cloned sheep “Dolly”. … Continue reading →

Asia / Cattle / Dairying / Environment / Livestock / Pastoralism / Vulnerability

Pastoralism unraveling in Mongolia

Posted on 14 Dec 2009 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

A pungent odor like turpentine wafts over the hillsides north of the Mongolian capital. It comes from the sharilj, a wild plant that has taken over the scalloped landscape, a telltale sign of overgrazing since the plant is inedible for sheep and goats. Sukhtseren Sharav has a herd of 150 goats and 100 sheep, and … Continue reading →

Asia / Cattle / Livestock / Southern Africa

ACTESA urges Africa to raise meat exports

Posted on 9 Dec 2009 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

ALLIANCE for Commodity and Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) has said Africa’s share in meat exports has continued to remain less than one per cent. According ACTESA manager for Livestock Programmes Abdiweli Mohamed, this is despite an increase in global demand for meat. “There is therefore need for African countries to put in … Continue reading →