The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has commissioned the International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI) to review the livestock sector in the Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (Lao PDR) to initiate the preparation of a participatory livestock project, which is in
ADB’s lending pipeline for 2004. This report describes major livestock production systems,
marketing and trade policies, assesses past and on-going interventions, and proposes
innovative and sustainable new interventions for consideration by ADB.