national strategic research plan for large ruminant ... · marketing!and! processing!...
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!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(