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Projects & Programs
LDDB’s active and completed projects span the full livestock value chain — from genetic improvement and disease control to supply chain reform and PM’s special initiatives.
Phase 1
Completed Projects
🥛 Dairy Production
Milk Production & Quality Enhancement
National milk production enhancement program targeting dairy buffalo and cattle through genetics, nutrition, and farm management interventions.
🐂 Meat Production
Feedlot Fattening Promotion
Popularizing feedlot fattening to double carcass weight in 90–100 days. Financial support of Rs.1,400 per fattened calf provided to eligible farmers.
🦠 Disease Control
Foot & Mouth Disease Control
National FMD vaccination and surveillance program protecting Pakistan’s livestock assets and enabling compliance with international trade standards.
♻️ Reproductive Efficiency
Improving Herd Breeding Outcomes
AI and advanced reproductive technologies deployed to reduce calving intervals, increase conception rates, and grow productive herd size.
🚛 Supply Chain
Milk & Meat Supply Chain Reform
End-to-end value chain improvements — cold chain infrastructure, market linkages, and processing facilities to reduce losses and improve farmer income.
🐓 Livestock Farming
Promotion of Livestock Farming
Comprehensive extension and outreach programs promoting modern livestock farming practices among small and medium farmers nationwide.
PM’s Special Initiatives
Ongoing Projects
🐃 PM Initiative
Save the Buffalo Calf
Save 380,000 male calves over 4 years to increase beef production. Budget: Rs. 2,873 million across all provinces.
🐂 PM Initiative
Calf Feedlot Fattening
Scaling commercial feedlot fattening enterprises with technical and financial support for farmers across Punjab, Sindh, KP, and Balochistan.
🐔 PM Initiative
Backyard Poultry
Distributing improved poultry birds to rural households for backyard rearing — enhancing nutrition and household incomes at the grassroots level.
🏔️ PM Initiative — GB
Yak Development in Gilgit-Baltistan
Developing the yak farming sector in GB’s high-altitude areas for meat, milk, and fiber — improving livelihoods in Pakistan’s northern mountain communities.