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Socio-economic aspects

Socio-economic aspects

Research Question

  • Reduce socio-economic impacts of influenza outbreaks

Research Gaps and Challenges

  • Alternative methods to depopulation in case of outbreaks
  • Lack of trust of farmers
  • Humane treatment of animals, societal animal welfare concerns
  • Control strategies that preserve food security and livelihoods
  • Lack of people and material during mass outbreaks
  • Effective compensation strategies
  • Swine flu is very impactful on the pig industry but not much prevented and at the farmer’s expenses while the big risk stands with human
    infections and emergence of a pandemic – should the farmers really bear all costs of this prevention?

Solution Routes

  • Social sciences studies to understand human behaviors and produce applicable guidelines that could reduce influenza spread and to describe level of acceptance of various measures
  • Human-animal interface studies at critical sites, including social and behavioral sciences
  • Social studies that evaluate the cost of influenza outbreaks on various communities: rural communities, consumers, regulatory agencies,
    poultry production and processing, all stakeholders
  • Economic models of outbreaks which can be used to evaluate the costs of control strategies
  • Quantifying losses comprehensively to convince policy makers and leaders of thoughts on need for investment in controls
  • Plan proper communications plans for farmers and for the general public
  • Engagement of social scientists to gather data
  • Development of communication strategies

State Of the Art

  • In France an exercitation was done to calculate costs of outbreaks and of costs of vaccination and monitoring

Projects

What activities are planned or underway?

Protect wildlife from livestock diseases.

Planned Completion date 07/10/2022

Participating Country(s):

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Dynamics of sustainability in integrated agriculture : aquaculture systems in the Mekong Delta

Planned Completion date 21/10/2024

Participating Country(s):

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