Category Archives: LIVESTOCKCRP

Art exhibition showcases artist and farmer view of livestock development in Vietnam
Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Crop-Livestock / East and Southeast Asia / Feeds / Forages / ILRI / Indigenous Breeds / Launch / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Markets / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Art exhibition showcases artist and farmer view of livestock development in Vietnam

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About 120 artworks and photos on livestock from the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and the Livestock-led Interventions towards Equitable Livelihoods and Improved Environment in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam, otherwise known as the Li-chăn project, will be displayed in an exhibition to be launched virtually and physically in Mai Son District, Son La Province in the Northwest of Vietnam on 12 October 2021. Continue reading →

Community engagement a key to success in livestock systems transformation project in Northwest Vietnam
Animal Breeding / Animal Health / Cattle / Crop-Livestock / East and Southeast Asia / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Community engagement a key to success in livestock systems transformation project in Northwest Vietnam

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By September this year, the Lichan research team were ready to present to the communes of Chieng Chung and Chieng Luong of Son La Province the planned interventions and the five areas of focus of the program. Continue reading →

New livestock project in Vietnam can help improve livelihoods of ethnic minorities
East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

New livestock project in Vietnam can help improve livelihoods of ethnic minorities

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The ‘Livestock-led interventions towards equitable livelihoods and improved environment in the northwest highlands of Vietnam’ is one of four priority country programs under the Livestock CRP that will run for two and half years (2019-2021). The project is recently launched in Son La Province, in the northwest highland region of Vietnam. Continue reading →

ILRI and Myanmar officials discuss collaboration opportunities in livestock development
Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Myanmar / Partnerships / Southeast Asia

ILRI and Myanmar officials discuss collaboration opportunities in livestock development

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A meeting between Ye Tun Win, director general for livestock at MOALI and Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), was held 17 November 2017 at the ILRI Hanoi office to identify how ILRI can support livestock development in Myanmar. Continue reading →

Research for safer pork products in Vietnam
AHH / Disease Control / Food Safety / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Research for safer pork products in Vietnam

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A two-day workshop, 7–8 September 2017, on the topic ‘Improving food safety along the pork value chain—lessons learned and ways forward’, kicked off at the Hanoi Hotel on Thursday morning to find ways to make sure that pig production, processing and sale of pork is safer. Continue reading →

Exploring ways of uplifting pig farmers’ livelihoods in northwest Vietnam
Agriculture / Animal Breeding / Animal Feeding / Crop-Livestock / ILRI / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Exploring ways of uplifting pig farmers’ livelihoods in northwest Vietnam

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On 30 May 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) co-hosted a stakeholder workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam. At the workshop, participants discussed research findings from a scoping study on improving pig value chains in the region and the objectives of a new research project which will assess how smallholder farmers in northwest Vietnam can add value to pig production by using maize grains as feed. Continue reading →