Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52342
Title: | A cost-benefit analysis of foot and mouth disease control program for smallholder cattle farmers in Cambodia | Contributor(s): | Sieng, S (author); Patrick, I W (author); Walkden-Brown, S W (author) ; Sar, C (author) | Early Online Version: | 2021-06-28 | DOI: | 10.1111/tbed.14207 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52342 | Abstract: | The Cambodian government is attempting to mobilise government, donor and private sector funding to implement a coordinated FMD vaccination program (FMDVP). A necessary first step is to convince the farmers of the benefits of participating in and potentially financially supporting this program. Information was collected from 300 farmers in order to estimate the on-farm benefits and costs of their participation in an FMDVP. Implementing a successful vaccination program is difficult, and farmers understand from previous experience that there may be institutional, social, technical and financial constraints which limit its success. A benefit-cost analysis needs to take into account that outbreaks do not occur every year, not all cattle will be successfully vaccinated, not all sick animals successfully treated and sometimes sick animals simply sold. This study sensitises these variables in order to give a realistic estimation of the farmer participation benefits in an FMDVP. A general result is that it is worthwhile for farmers to participate in the FMDVP if there are average annual outbreaks, or at least two major outbreaks, in the ensuing 5 years. However, the results are influenced by the interaction of vaccination success and treatment success and coverage. Ineffective coverage and poor treatment of sick animals reduce the benefits of an FMDVP. It is also important that farmers do not sell sick stock and, if they do, that they are able to breed replacements rather than purchase replacements. There are many factors in the smallholder cattle farming system that will influence the success of an FMDVP; farmers will only choose to participate if they can be convinced of the short and long-term economic benefits. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, p. 1-14 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Verlag GmbH | Place of Publication: | Germany | ISSN: | 1865-1682 1865-1674 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 300399 Animal production not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280101 Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
---|---|
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
Files in This Item:
File | Size | Format |
---|
SCOPUSTM
Citations
2
checked on Oct 12, 2024
Page view(s)
966
checked on Apr 7, 2024
Download(s)
2
checked on Apr 7, 2024
Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.