During the past 70 years, concerted efforts by the national veterinary services of affected countries from Senegal to China and Russia to South Africa—aided by international organizations—have brought the once-dreaded rinderpest virus to the point of extinction. In the near future, we can expect ...
Market access for livestock products from Africa has traditionally been limited by the presence of certain infectious diseases that pose risks to animal and human health. However, an increasingly discussed option for increasing market access for African meat exports is the concept of commodity-ba...
Rich, Karl M.
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Hamza, K.
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[Using system dynamics methods for the impact assessment of animal diseases: Applications to Rift Valley fever and food safety interventions in pigs]
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Using system dynamics methods for the impact assessment of animal diseases: Applications to Rift Valley fever and food safety interventions in pigs
Rich, Karl M.
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Okike, I.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Akinwumi, J.A.
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Ayele, G.
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Mensah-Bonsu, A.
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Okello, J.
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Sudarman, A.
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[Poultry value chains and their linkages with HPAI risk factors: Synthesis of case study findings (final draft)]
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Poultry value chains and their linkages with HPAI risk factors: Synthesis of case study findings (final draft)
The Ethiopian poultry sector is almost exclusively dominated by backyard and small-scale production using limited to no inputs in production and which is targeted for either self-consumption or the market. Unlike other parts of the world, there are relatively few intermediaries operating between ...
Outbreaks of HPAI in poultry have serious implications for food security, employment, and cash income for farmers including smallholders and other stakeholders. The 2007 outbreak of HPAI in Ghana had a multitude of impacts on the livelihoods of poultry farmers and other actors in the poultry sect...
Mensah-Bonsu, A.
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Rich, Karl M.
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[Ghana’s poultry sector value chains and the impacts of HPAI]
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Ghana’s poultry sector value chains and the impacts of HPAI
The Kenyan poultry industry is characterized by dualism, comprised of both smallholder and large-scale poultry producers. The industry is characterized by two main production systems namely (i) the commercial hybrid poultry production system and (ii) the indigenous poultry production system. This...
Okello, J.J.
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Gitonga, Z.
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Mutune, J.
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Okello, R.M.
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Afande, M.
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Rich, Karl M.
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[Value chain analysis of the Kenyan poultry industry: The case of Kiambu, Kilifi, Vihiga, and Nakuru Districts]
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Value chain analysis of the Kenyan poultry industry: The case of Kiambu, Kilifi, Vihiga, and Nakuru Districts
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has impacts that reverberate throughout the poultry marketing chain. Nigeria suffered waves of HPAI outbreaks that peaked twice in February 2006 and February 2007. The outbreaks affected 3,057 commercial and rural household farms causing 1.3 million of the...
Akinwumi, J.A.
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Okike, I.
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Rich, Karl M.
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[Analyses of the poultry value chain and its linkages and interactions with HPAI risk factors in Nigeria]
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Analyses of the poultry value chain and its linkages and interactions with HPAI risk factors in Nigeria
Poultry is an important source of income and protein for poor households in Indonesia. In a normal year, the production of poultry meat in Indonesia is approximately 1.285 million tons per annum, representing around 62% of total domestic meat production. In addition, egg production amounts to 1.2...
Sudarman, A.
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Rich, Karl M.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Unger, Fred
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[Poultry value chains and HPAI in Indonesia: The case of Bogor]
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Poultry value chains and HPAI in Indonesia: The case of Bogor