AsiaNewsNetwork reports that currently, there are large demands for imported beef in hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and local markets, according to a recent report from the sector. If they can achieve their target by 2015, the export of beef will generate around 320 billion kip (US$40 million) in revenue for the local economy, giving a significant boost to rural development.
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On a post outside a nondescript property on the outskirts of the historic city of Luang Prabang, there is a small, handwritten notice. It declares in simple Laotian: place where bears are kept.
Entering the family home behind the sign, I am greeted by a scene of comfortable domesticity. A baby crawls on the dark teak floorboards; a teapot sits on a table in the front room; a dog pants in a shady corner, sweltering in the exhausting summer heat. Through an open door, down a short corridor and out through the rear of the house, the scene is rather different. Trapped in tiny, cramped cages above urine-soaked floors there are eight large Asiatic black bears.
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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification dated 6 July. According to the report, the disease was first observed on 16 June 2010, and the presence of the virus was confirmed on 2 July.
The outbreak occured at a farm in Vientiane. A total of 65 animals tested positive, while 600 showed signs of susceptibility to the virus. Five animal deaths were recorded, and none were destroyed.
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Researchers from the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute in Lao People's Democratic Republic studied the feeding and performance of pigs in smallholder production systems in Northern Lao PDR.
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The country's veterinary authorities sent follow-up report no.2 on Monday, 14 June, due to reoccurence of the disease.
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The veterinary authorities sent an Immediate Notification dated 14 May to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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The Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines said that the government will promote the production of biofuel in the wake of imported fossil fuel price fluctuations over the past year.
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The National Emerging Infectious Disease Coordination Office (NEIDCO) of Laos and Care International in Laos signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost Lao defences against bird flu
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The chemical-free foodstuffs are in high demand in local and overseas markets, particularly organic rice but there is a need for them to be certified for its chemically free status by international certification organisations, Lao news agency (KPL) reported quoting a Lao official as saying.
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