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Economic impact assessments are increasingly important in the context of animal health and food safety, although much of the existing literature does not address the broader systems context in which disease transmission takes place. In this paper, we discuss the role of system dynamics modeling i...


Rich, Karl M.Dizyee, K.Huyen Nguyen, Thi-ThuHa Duong, N.Hung Pham VanNga Nguyen, T.D.Unger, FredLapar, Ma. Lucila[Quantitative value chain approaches for animal health and food safety]Quantitative value chain approaches for animal health and food safety

A survey on application of biosecurity in small scale pig farm in Hung Yen and Nghe An was carried out from March to December, 2014. Sixty household farms were selected randomly from the list of the farms that participated in the survey in 2013 in two provinces. Information on biosecurity measure...


Pham Hong NganDuong Van NhiemVu Thi Thu TraNgo Minh HaDinh Phuong NamUnger, Fred[Application of biosecurity in small scale pig farm in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces]Application of biosecurity in small scale pig farm in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces

Unger, FredGrace, DeliaAsse, RainerTohtubtiang, K.Gilbert, J.[Capacity building on 'ecohealth' in Southeast Asia - successes and challenges]Capacity building on 'ecohealth' in Southeast Asia - successes and challenges

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) was created in the early 1990s, and, like CGIAR crop centres, its major goal was increasing productivity. Animal health was believed to cause about one-fourth of the yield gaps seen in developing countries, but almost all research centreed on ...


Grace, DeliaRoesel, KristinaBett, Bernard K.Unger, Fred[Healthy lives: Tackling food-borne diseases and zoonoses]Healthy lives: Tackling food-borne diseases and zoonoses

Smallholder dairy farming is seen as a viable and promising activity to support the livelihoods of cattle keepers in low-income countries. This farming system, characterized by small herds of improved cattle raised under zero-grazing, is proven to lead to better milk yields, but also to require m...


Alonso, SilviaToye, Philip G.Msalya, G.Grace, DeliaUnger, Fred[Smallholder dairy farming in Tanzania: Farming practices, animal health and public health challenges and opportunities]Smallholder dairy farming in Tanzania: Farming practices, animal health and public health challenges and opportunities

Pastoralism is used to describe a society that derives majority of their food and income from livestock. This form of farming system is largely practised in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL). It is estimated that 70% of the landmass in the Horn of Africa is dry land; in Kenya 80% of the landmas...


Wakhungu, Judi W.Wesongah, J.Tura, G.Msalya, G.Grace, DeliaUnger, FredAlonso, Silvia[Pastoralism in Kenya and Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities in animal health and food security]Pastoralism in Kenya and Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities in animal health and food security

Pastoralism is a farming system in societies that derive majority of their food and income from livestock production. This form of farming system is practised in the world’s arid and semi arid lands (ASALs). It is estimated that 70% of the landmass in the Horn of Africa is dry land; in Kenya 80% ...


Wakhungu, Judi W.Wesongah, J.Galgalo, T.Msalya, G.Grace, DeliaUnger, FredAlonso, Silvia[Pastoralism: Animal health and food safety situation analysis, Kenya and Tanzania]Pastoralism: Animal health and food safety situation analysis, Kenya and Tanzania

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