Alone or a combination: Ascertaining factors associated with choice of pig health management strategies amongst smallholder farmers in northern Uganda

Okello, Daniel Micheal; Aliro, Tonny; Odongo, Walter; Ndyomugyenyi, Elly Kurobuza; Owiny, David Okello

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105562

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“…While the restriction measures seemed to be largely observed in the formal market spaces, a concurrent shift from formal market settings to more informal, non-regulated settings were described, suggesting that the regulatory authorities only managed to enforce quarantine in the formal marketplaces. Continuous trade in live pigs and pig products has previously been reported as common during ASF outbreak and subsequent quarantine in Uganda (Chenais et al 2017b;Dione et al 2017;Aliro et al 2022;Okello et al 2022). Another study pointed to lack of capacity to enforce existing regulation as a key constraint in implementing ASF quarantine (Wesonga et al 2018).…”

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

Aliro,

Odongo,

Ståhl

et al. 2023

Trop Anim Health Prod

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

Aliro,

Odongo,

Ståhl

et al. 2023

Trop Anim Health Prod

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“…This includes trade in sick and dead pigs [ 52 , 98 , 106 ], a coping mechanism to offset losses due to ASF. Selling sick pigs was found to be a component of smallholder farmers’ pig health management strategy in northern Uganda [ 165 ]. Sale of pigs that appear healthy as soon as mortalities are experienced in the owner’s herd or in the community is, likewise, widely reported to take place in order to avoid major losses or culling [ 161 , 166 ].…”

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Innovative Research Offers New Hope for Managing African Swine Fever Better in Resource-Limited Smallholder Farming Settings: A Timely Update

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African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs has, since its discovery in Africa more than a century ago, been associated with subsistence pig keeping with low levels of biosecurity. Likewise, smallholder and backyard pig farming in resource-limited settings have been notably affected during the ongoing epidemic in Eastern Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Caribbean regions. Many challenges to managing ASF in such settings have been identified in the ongoing as well as previous epidemics. Consistent implementation of biosecurity at all nodes in the value chain remains most important for controlling and preventing ASF. Recent research from Asia, Africa, and Europe has provided science-based information that can be of value in overcoming some of the hurdles faced for implementing biosecurity in resource-limited contexts. In this narrative review we examine a selection of these studies elucidating innovative solutions such as shorter boiling times for inactivating ASF virus in swill, participatory planning of interventions for risk mitigation for ASF, better understanding of smallholder pig-keeper perceptions and constraints, modified culling, and safe alternatives for disposal of carcasses of pigs that have died of ASF. The aim of the review is to increase acceptance and implementation of science-based approaches that increase the feasibility of managing, and the possibility to prevent, ASF in resource-limited settings. This could contribute to protecting hundreds of thousands of livelihoods that depend upon pigs and enable small-scale pig production to reach its full potential for poverty alleviation and food security.

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Farmers’ access, demand, and satisfaction with innovation support services and their determinants: the case of the cocoa sector in Central Cameroon

Kenfack Essougong,

Slingerland,

Mathé

et al. 2023

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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Alone or a combination: Ascertaining factors associated with choice of pig health management strategies amongst smallholder farmers in northern Uganda

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

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

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

Innovative Research Offers New Hope for Managing African Swine Fever Better in Resource-Limited Smallholder Farming Settings: A Timely Update

Farmers’ access, demand, and satisfaction with innovation support services and their determinants: the case of the cocoa sector in Central Cameroon

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