Seeding solutions: How forage innovation can close Southeast Asia’s ruminant feed gap

Southeast Asia’s appetite for animal-sourced foods is growing rapidly, but ruminant livestock farmers across the region are hitting a hard limit: there simply isn’t enough quality feed to go around. Without change, this shortage will hold back productivity, rural incomes, and the sustainability of livestock systems.

A recent study covering Vietnam, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Laos, and Thailand has laid out the scale of the challenge and how improved forage seed systems could turn it into an opportunity.