SUBTHEME 8.2 DIET, HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
PROJECT 1: PRO-POOR HPAI RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES (In collaboration with EPTD, DSGD, COM, and PHND)
IFPRI Team: MTID:
DSGD: COM:
Project Duration: Objectives of project
Clare Narrod, Marites Tiongco, Devesh Roy, Alexander Saak, Pippa Chenevix Trench, Rosemarie Scott, andWilliam Collier
Xinshen Diao and James Thurlow Klaus von Grebmer
May 2007-December 2010
The research project has undertaken a comprehensive, integrated approach to determining how HPAI spreads and how it can be prevented and controlled, focusing specifically on the impact of HPAI outbreaks and control measures on the poor, and understanding the role of institutions and incentives in disease prevention and control. The effective communication of disease risk and advocacy of the best ways of dealing with this risk was a particularly important objective of the project, given that these priorities typically suffer during the emergency conditions of combating outbreaks.
Research Approach
This research project involved a multidisciplinary team of experts including risk analysts, veterinarians, social and economic scientists from the International Food Policy Research Institute, the International Livestock Research Institute, the Food and Agricultural Organization, Royal Veterinary College, and the University of California at Berkeley. The project was implemented in selected countries that had recently experienced HPAI outbreaks such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Ghana and Nigeria, and also in countries that had not yet been infected by the virus such as Ethiopia and Kenya. This project was participatory and collaborative in nature, involving close collaboration with national partners in the study countries.
The research was organized into six work ‗streams‘: (1) sector baseline review; (2) epidemiology and risk assessment; (3) livelihood impact analysis; (4) value chain analysis and institutional capacity and response evaluation; (5) evaluation of risk management options, including cost-benefit analysis incorporating parts of other workstreams; and (6) communication and advocacy.
Progress, Research Results, and Major Research Findings in 2010
The project was completed in December 2010. Nearly all project objectives were met, and nearly 50 project papers were written. The project results are in the process of being uploaded to the external projectwebsite. In addition a videowas produce to sensitize decisionmakers to the project‘s findings. The project findings highlighted the importance of good communication, both before an outbreak (in terms of communication of accurate data from the livestock sector and effective communication of outbreak contingency plans for the most vulnerable populations) and during an outbreak (in terms of communication of risks to prevent consumer concerns over food safety from inducing market shocks). The project resulted in a strong recommendation that the international community needs to focus on putting the ―One Health‖ principles into practice.
Plans for 2011 Currently the project results are being summarized into country briefs. In the first quarter of 2011, we are working to turn project reports into discussion papers and journal articles, as well as a book. There are currently at least six papers under consideration for publication as IFPRI discussion papers.
PROJECT 2: EXPLORING THE SCOPE OF COST-EFFECTIVE AFLATOXIN STRATEGIES IN MAIZE AND GROUNDNUT VALUE CHAINS SO AS TO IMPROVE MARKET ACCESS OF THE POOR IN AFRICA
IFPRI Team: Project Duration:
Clare Narrod, Marites Tiongco, Devesh Roy, Alexander Saak, Pippa Chenevix Trench, Rosemarie Scott, andWilliam Collier
January 2009-September 2011
2010 Internal Program Review-Markets, Trade and Institutions Division
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