!By:!Dr.!Aloun!Phonvisay!

Livestock!Research!Center!(LRC),!National!Agriculture!and!Forestry!Research!Institute!

(NAFRI).!!

Large&Ruminant&Research&and&Development&Workshop,&dated&29;30&July,&Sengtawan&Hotel,&Vientiane!

Research(framework(for(large(ruminant(development((DLF(1993)(

Feed!management!

Large!ruminant!management!systems!

Breed!management!

Marketing!and!processing!

Veterinary!services!

Large(ruminant(management(systems(

Large&ruminant&management&systems&

 !How!many!large!ruminant!management!systems!are!there!in!Laos?!

 !What!are!key!factors!influencing!these!production!systems?!

Understanding&in&term&of&historical&or&evolving&processes&

Large(ruminant(management(systems(

Large!ruminant!management!systems!

 !Key!factors!influencing!these!management!systems:!

 Land! Labour!

Free!grazing!systems!

Individual/groupPfenced!fallow!systems!

Institutionalized!communal!

grazing!systems!

Fattening!systems!

Feed(management(

Free!grazing!systems!

Individual/groupPfenced!fallow!systems!

Institutionalized!communal!

grazing!systems!

Fattening!systems!

Feed&management&

Feed!management:!! Forages! ByPproduct!crops!

Appropriate&feed&management&for&smallholders?&Technical&and&economic&perspective&

Breed(management( Free!grazing!systems!

Individual/groupPfenced!fallow!systems!

Institutionalized!communal!

grazing!systems!

Fattening!systems!

 Indigenous!species! CrossPbreed!species!!

Breed&management&

Identification!of!strategic!areas!for!indigenous!and!crossPbreed!species!using!GIS!

MarkeBng(and(processing(

Marketing!and!processing!

Marketing!and!processing:!! Wet!beef!markets!and!live!animal!trading! dynamic!markets! Increasing!demand!for!beef!at!national!and!China!markets!!What!are!the!implications!for!large!ruminant!smallholders?!!!

Free!grazing!systems!

Individual/groupPfenced!fallow!systems!

Institutionalized!communal!

grazing!systems!

Fattening!systems!

MarkeBng(and(processing(Some!interesting!research!questions:!! What!are!sufficient!incentives!to!provide!to!livestock!smallholder!producers!so!that!their!livestock!produces!a!required!surplus?!

 What!are!institutional!mechanisms!to!ensure!that!the!extraction!of!the!surplus!does!not!cause!livestock!stagnation!or!stock!depletion?!

Research(prioriBes(

Production system

Market output!

Input service!

Create&key&input&services:!1.  Forage!seeds!and!feed!industry!2.  Organic!and!chemical!fertilizers!3.  Appropriate!agricultural!machinery!!

National&campaign&or&program&for&promoting&feed&for&large&

ruminants&

Research(prioriBes(

Production system

Market output!

Input service!

Improve&large&ruminant&production&systems:&1.  Individual/group!fence!fallow!

systems!2.  Institutionalized!communal!grazing!

systems!3.  Fattening!systems!

Research&projects&and&possibility&of&scaling;out&

Research(prioriBes(

Production system

Market output!

Input service!

Improve&smallholders’&large&ruminant&markets&for&both&quantity&and&quality:&&1.  Marketing!planning!!2.  AddedPvalue!products!through!

improvement!of!slaughter!houses!3.  Fattening!systems!

Conclusion( Research!and!development!strategies!are!needed!to!go!hand!in!hand!

 Applied!research!is!crucial!for!large!ruminant!development!industry!

  Scaling!out!the!research!outputs!are!necessary!

We!are!in!crisis!in!supply!beef!to!markets,!but!there!are!opportunities!to!help!large!ruminant!smallholders!to!capture!this!increasing!beef!demand!phenomena.!It!

will!be!very!challenge,!but!achievable!

Conclusion(