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Development and application of decision-support tools to conserve and sustainably use genetic diversity in indigenous livestock and wild relatives

Major barriers to addressing these challenges are the lack of an appropriate policy framework for the sustainable management of FAnGR and the inadequate knowledge of the value of indigenous breeds. The latter varies amongst the stakeholder groups, with farmers and breeders’ associations holding the...

Jan 2007Mar 2010

Pro-poor HPAI risk reduction strategies

Driven by the fear of a possible human pandemic, responses to HPAI outbreaks have generally been top-down, heavy handed government interventions. Control measures have centred on stamping out which may entail large scale culling of infected flocks and in-contact flocks and the high concentration of...

Feb 2008Jul 2013

Ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in the Southeast Asia region

The Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia (EcoZD) project worked directly with more than 100 key zoonotic emerging infectious diseases management actors across eight multi-disciplinary teams in six countries to attain project...

Completed

Mar 2007Mar 2010

Improving the competitiveness of pig producers in an adjusting Vietnam market

Given widespread rural poverty in Vietnam, successful commercial smallholder pig farming alongside the large-scale pig industry may serve as a vehicle for poverty alleviation if pragmatic options can be identified about the technology, institutional arrangements and policy support needed to improve the access of poorer producers to quality inputs and services.