Holding the National Livestock Forum

University of Melbourne Australia and Veterinary University Lahore’s Dairy Beef and Small Ruminant Project Team Holds National Livestock Forum in Islamabad. Talking to the participants, the project leaders provided background on the project work in the dairy beef sector of Pakistan and especially in the sheep and goat sector. The ten-year performance of the livestock sector was highlighted. The problems of small livestock farmers in Pakistan and the steps taken by the project to solve them were described. A drama was also presented on the occasion keeping in view the problems of the farmers. It was reiterated that development of the livestock industry is possible only with the development of small farmers.