Emerging production and market environment for livestock in the Mekong region: opportunities, challenges and the response

摘要

Much has been written about the spectacular growth and changing landscape of the livestock sector in Asia—the opportunities these changes offer and the new challenges they create. The region has generated more than half the gains in global livestockproduction since the early 1990s and this growth is expected to continue in the foreseeable future in view of the robust economic outlook and progressive urbanisation. The projected continued expansion of the demand for animal products will require substantial investment in improved efficiency of resource use, development of appropriate technologies and control along the value chain.