Although a disease of low mortality, the global impact of foot and mouth disease (FMD) is
colossal due to the huge numbers of animals affected. This impact can be separated into two …

Animal disease outbreaks pose significant threats to livestock sectors throughout the world,
both from the standpoint of the economic impacts of the disease itself and the measures …

Biosecurity, as a response to threats from zoonotic, food‐borne and emerging infectious
diseases, implies and is often understood in terms of a spatial segregation of forms of life, a …

Value chain analysis has been widely used as a diagnostic approach to identify and
address complex issues across value chains in an agricultural development context. While …

The analysis of value chains has augmented our knowledge on the complexities, inter-
linkages, distributional benefits, and institutional arrangements of production and marketing …

Foot‐and‐mouth disease (FMD) endemic regions contain three‐quarters of the world's FMD
susceptible livestock and most of the world's poor livestock keepers. Yet FMD impact on …

The liberalization of beef exports in Botswana is hotly debated among policy makers and
relevant value chain actors. While some policy makers argue that such a move might …

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) occurs endemically in Ethiopia. Quantitative insights on its
national economic impact and on the costs and benefits of control options are, however …

Despite large volumes of cattle stocks in the Sahel, most exports of cattle products remain as
live animal sales rather than meat. However, there is increased interest amongst donors and …

Recent droughts have revived debates about the viability of pastoralist livelihoods in the
Horn of Africa. Responding to a perceived crisis of pastoralist reproduction, the Ethiopian …