African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction

Pig production in peri-urban smallholder value chains in Uganda is severely constrained by impact of disease, particularly African swine fever (ASF), and the economic consequences of an inefficient pig value chain. Interventions in the form of biosecurity to control ASF disease outbreaks and pig bus...

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Autores principales: Ouma, Emily A., Dione, Michel M., Birungi, Rosemirta, Lule, Peter M., Mayega, L., Dizyee, K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89910
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author Ouma, Emily A.
Dione, Michel M.
Birungi, Rosemirta
Lule, Peter M.
Mayega, L.
Dizyee, K.
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Dione, Michel M.
Dizyee, K.
Lule, Peter M.
Mayega, L.
Ouma, Emily A.
author_facet Ouma, Emily A.
Dione, Michel M.
Birungi, Rosemirta
Lule, Peter M.
Mayega, L.
Dizyee, K.
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description Pig production in peri-urban smallholder value chains in Uganda is severely constrained by impact of disease, particularly African swine fever (ASF), and the economic consequences of an inefficient pig value chain. Interventions in the form of biosecurity to control ASF disease outbreaks and pig business hub models to better link smallholder farmers to pig markets have the potential to address the constraints. However, there is a dearth of evidence of the effects of the interventions on performance and distribution of outcomes along the pig value chain. An ex-ante impact assessment utilising System Dynamics model was used to assess the impact of the interventions in peri-urban pig value chains in Masaka district. The results showed that although implementation of biosecurity interventions results in reduction of ASF outbreaks, it also leads to a 6.3% reduction in farmer profit margins per year but more than 7% increase in other value chain actors' margins. The pig business hub intervention alone results in positive margins for all value chain actors but minimal reduction in ASF outbreaks. When biosecurity and the pig business hub interventions are implemented together, the interaction effects of the interventions result in positive outcomes for both the control of ASF and improvement in farmers' margins. Farmers may therefore be unwilling to adopt biosecurity practices if implemented alone to control ASF outbreaks unless there is a corresponding financial incentive to compensate for the high costs. This has implications for policy or developing institutions to facilitate cost sharing arrangement among chain actors and/or third party subsidy to provide incentives for producers to adopt biosecurity measures.
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spelling CGSpace899102025-09-25T13:01:41Z African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction Ouma, Emily A. Dione, Michel M. Birungi, Rosemirta Lule, Peter M. Mayega, L. Dizyee, K. african swine fever smallholders value systems swine markets Pig production in peri-urban smallholder value chains in Uganda is severely constrained by impact of disease, particularly African swine fever (ASF), and the economic consequences of an inefficient pig value chain. Interventions in the form of biosecurity to control ASF disease outbreaks and pig business hub models to better link smallholder farmers to pig markets have the potential to address the constraints. However, there is a dearth of evidence of the effects of the interventions on performance and distribution of outcomes along the pig value chain. An ex-ante impact assessment utilising System Dynamics model was used to assess the impact of the interventions in peri-urban pig value chains in Masaka district. The results showed that although implementation of biosecurity interventions results in reduction of ASF outbreaks, it also leads to a 6.3% reduction in farmer profit margins per year but more than 7% increase in other value chain actors' margins. The pig business hub intervention alone results in positive margins for all value chain actors but minimal reduction in ASF outbreaks. When biosecurity and the pig business hub interventions are implemented together, the interaction effects of the interventions result in positive outcomes for both the control of ASF and improvement in farmers' margins. Farmers may therefore be unwilling to adopt biosecurity practices if implemented alone to control ASF outbreaks unless there is a corresponding financial incentive to compensate for the high costs. This has implications for policy or developing institutions to facilitate cost sharing arrangement among chain actors and/or third party subsidy to provide incentives for producers to adopt biosecurity measures. 2018-03 2018-01-03T16:35:30Z 2018-01-03T16:35:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89910 en Open Access Elsevier Ouma, E., Dione, M., Birungi, R., Lule, P., Mayega, L. and Dizyee, K. 2018. African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 151: 29–39.
spellingShingle african swine fever
smallholders
value systems
swine
markets
Ouma, Emily A.
Dione, Michel M.
Birungi, Rosemirta
Lule, Peter M.
Mayega, L.
Dizyee, K.
African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
title African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
title_full African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
title_fullStr African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
title_full_unstemmed African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
title_short African swine fever control and market integration in Ugandan peri-urban smallholder pig value chains: an ex-ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
title_sort african swine fever control and market integration in ugandan peri urban smallholder pig value chains an ex ante impact assessment of interventions and their interaction
topic african swine fever
smallholders
value systems
swine
markets
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89910
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