Sustainable Livestock
Technical Network

webinar on
Understanding the socio-economic impact of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Africa and implications
for PPR eradication

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FAO Animal Production and Health Division
and
 FAO Sustainable Livestock Technical Network

webinar

 

Understanding the socio-economic impact of
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Africa and implications for PPR eradication 

 

Monday 30 November 2020 from 13:00-14:30 (GMT+2)
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Small ruminants (goat and sheep) are the primary livestock of many low-income, food-deficient households. Small ruminants are reared within a variety of production systems, adding value to land. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious disease of wild and domestic small ruminants caused by a Morbillivirus (family Paramyxoviridae). PPR threatens the food security and sustainable livelihood of farmers across Africa, the Middle East and Asia which are home to some 80 % of the world's 2.5 billion small ruminants. PPR has direct impact on over 300 million families who rely on small ruminants and the global yearly economic impact is estimated at approximately $2,1 billion USD. PPR continues to emerge in new regions of the world, and in other places, it is becoming entrenched and endemic due to challenges associated with control measures, despite the disease being targeted for eradication by 2030 by FAO and OIE. This webinar will hone in on the socio-economic impacts of PPR in select countries in Africa, consider the implications for PPR eradication and provide information about approaches being taken by the socio-economic thematic group of the PPR Global Research & Expertise Network.
 

PROGRAMME
 

Moderator: Scott Newman, FAO

The socio-economic impact of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in African countries - Tabitha Kimani and Felix Njeumi, FAO

Impact of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) for Sub-Saharan African farmers:
a bioeconomic household production model - Guillaume Lhermie, École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France

Outcomes of the socio-economic thematic group of Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Network (GREN) 3 meeting - 
Pacem Kotchofa (PPR GREN lead of socio-economic thematic group), ILRI


Panel discussion

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