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ArticleTropical animal health and production2023

Actions and perceived impact of African swine fever control measures along the smallholder pig value chain in Uganda.

Tonny Aliro, Walter Odongo, Karl Ståhl, Michel Mainack Dione, Daniel Micheal Okello, Charles Masembe, Erika Chenais

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Tonny AliroFaculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu University, P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda. alirotony@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-3069
Walter OdongoFaculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu University, P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-5132
Karl StåhlDepartment of Disease Control and Epidemiology, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-9458
Michel Mainack DioneInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P. O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-5776
Daniel Micheal OkelloFaculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu University, P. O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2967-2428
Charles MasembeCollege of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-0414
Erika ChenaisDepartment of Disease Control and Epidemiology, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2601-1256
Gulu University · UGSwedish Veterinary Agency · SEInternational Livestock Research Institute · KEMakerere University · UG

Funding

ADB-HEST P-UG-IAD-001African Union Commission AURG II-1-196-2016ASF-Implement 2017-05518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pig production in Uganda is constrained by African swine fever (ASF) which is endemic in the country. Current measures taken by the Government of Uganda in controlling ASF outbreaks include trade and livestock movement restrictions, called "quarantine." Little is known about the actions of, and impact of value chain actors in response to ASF quarantines. This study describes actions that different stakeholders in the smallholder pig value chain took, and the perceived economic impact, during ASF quarantines. Data was collected in ten focus group discussions (FGD) using participatory epidemiology tools and two key informants' (KIs) interviews with District Veterinary Officers (DVOs) of Kisoro and Moyo districts in Uganda. The results show that during ASF quarantine, pig value chain actors shifted their activities from formal places such as livestock markets, slaughter slabs, pork butcheries and pork joints to informal places such as farmers' homesteads. Farmers were perceived the most economically affected stakeholder group with forgone income due to unsold pigs, costs for implementing biosecurity measures and extra costs for feeding unsold pigs being the major perceived causes of the losses. The continued trade in pigs and pig products in informal marketplaces suggests that quarantine might not be effective for hindering activities that might spread ASF in these settings. The perceived economic losses provide an insight into the negative economic impact of the quarantine for the different stakeholders.

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African Swine FeverSwine DiseasesAnimalsDisease OutbreaksFarmersFocus GroupsHumansLivestockSwineUgandaASF quarantineControlEconomic impactSmallholder pig value chainStakeholdersUganda

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PMID37987884
PMCPMC10663180
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