Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries
Smallholder farmers in low-income countries face a number of challenges in animal production. Animal husbandry carries great potential in reducing poverty, hunger and gender inequality, but at the same time infectious diseases are prominent threats to farmers’ livelihoods and their animals. The obje...
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| author | Klahr Fritz, Mikaela |
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| description | Smallholder farmers in low-income countries face a number of challenges in animal production. Animal husbandry carries great potential in reducing poverty, hunger and gender inequality, but at the same time infectious diseases are prominent threats to farmers’ livelihoods and their animals. The objective of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases on smallholder farmers in low-income countries, using African swine fever (ASF) in Uganda as an example.
The study was conducted in two parts. The first part of the study was questionnaire-based and performed in Gulu district, northern Uganda. In total, 198 households from all the 12 sub-counties in Gulu district were visited. The second part of the study was conducted using interviews and evaluation of available data, collected from an outbreak of ASF at Adina farm, Lira district, Uganda. To assess the socioeconomic impact in the two different parts, and compare the findings in this study to those of others, a literature review was performed focussing on the social and economic impact on smallholder farmers in low-income countries, and on ASF.
This study concludes that ASF is a major challenge for smallholders and larger farms alike. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU80522015-12-17T15:30:15Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8052/ Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries Klahr Fritz, Mikaela Animal diseases Smallholder farmers in low-income countries face a number of challenges in animal production. Animal husbandry carries great potential in reducing poverty, hunger and gender inequality, but at the same time infectious diseases are prominent threats to farmers’ livelihoods and their animals. The objective of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases on smallholder farmers in low-income countries, using African swine fever (ASF) in Uganda as an example. The study was conducted in two parts. The first part of the study was questionnaire-based and performed in Gulu district, northern Uganda. In total, 198 households from all the 12 sub-counties in Gulu district were visited. The second part of the study was conducted using interviews and evaluation of available data, collected from an outbreak of ASF at Adina farm, Lira district, Uganda. To assess the socioeconomic impact in the two different parts, and compare the findings in this study to those of others, a literature review was performed focussing on the social and economic impact on smallholder farmers in low-income countries, and on ASF. This study concludes that ASF is a major challenge for smallholders and larger farms alike. Småskalig djurproduktion i låginkomstländer möter ständiga utmaningar men innehar också stor potential för att minska fattigdom, svält och ojämställdhet. Infektiösa djursjukdomar hotar djurhållningen och gör att djurproduktionens fulla potential inte kan utnyttjas. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka den socioekonomiska påverkan av infektiösa djursjukdomar i låginkomstländer med afrikansk svinpest i Uganda som ett exempel. Studien utfördes som två delstudier. Första delen var en frågeformulärsbaserad hushållsstudie som genomfördes i distriktet Gulu i norra Uganda. Totalt besöktes 198 hushåll från alla delar av distriktet. Den andra delstudien baserades på intervjuer och tillgänglig data från ett utbrott av afrikansk svinpest på en större gård i Lira, Uganda. En litteraturstudie genomfördes för att kunna jämföra den här studiens resultat med andra studier inom ämnet. Den här studiens slutsats är att afrikansk svinpest utgör en omfattande utmaning för småskaliga såväl som storskaliga djurproducenter i låginkomstländer. 2015-06-22 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8052/7/klahr_fritz_m_150622.pdf Klahr Fritz, Mikaela, 2015. Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries : focussing on African swine fever in Uganda. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (VH) > Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health (until 231231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-713.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-4486 eng |
| spellingShingle | Animal diseases Klahr Fritz, Mikaela Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| title | Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| title_full | Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| title_short | Socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| title_sort | socioeconomic impact of infectious animal diseases in smallholder settings in low-income countries |
| topic | Animal diseases |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8052/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8052/ |