May 2022

Antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global human and animal health threat and a food safety issue of primary concern. Governments and international organizations have recognized that the issue has to be approached in a multidisciplinary manner, addressing animal, plant and human health as well as the environment under the One Health approach.

Antimicrobial resistance in livestock in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao PDR is one of the vulnerable countries to antimicrobial resistance at present. Local knowledge and awareness on the proper use of antimicrobials are limited, especially in terms of the consequences on human health, agriculture, and the environment. Yet, there are many achievements made recently through the support of the Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Pathway for better impacts has also been highlighted to reduce the threats of AMR in livestock after taking into consideration the challenges.

Animal production


Consultation on national climate actions in livestock systems to support the Nationally Determined Contributions in Rwanda – Workshop report, Musanze, Rwanda, 14–16 December 2021

The workshop identified sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and options to reduce enteric methane in the livestock sector. Tier 2 methodology, which uses data on herd structure, feeding and gross energy intake to calculate emissions, is suggested for the GHG inventory and mitigation scenario analysis.

Guidelines for grazing and livestock monitoring

This document offers a methodology to monitor livestock and steppe productivity. Variables such as herd size and the number of herds are monitored. Grassland productivity is assessed by indicators linked to the Ecological Health Index (EHI) and Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV). Now also as MOBI | E-PUB

Pastoralism

Évaluation finale du projet «Intégration de la résilience climatique dans la production agropastorale pour la sécurité alimentaire dans les zones rurales vulnérables à travers l’approche des champs-écoles paysans»

The evaluation finds that the project contributed to building the capacities of institutional actors and farmers' organizations in climate change adaptation, resilience and gender equity. The main achievements include a climate resilience fund, dissemination of climate information and training on climate change practices.

 

African swine fever 

African swine fever (ASF) is a deadly disease affecting pigs and wild boar. It impacts the livelihoods of communities around the world due to its high mortality rate and ability to spread quickly. 

GUIDELINES FOR AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) PREVENTION AND CONTROL
IN SMALLHOLDER PIG FARMING IN ASIA

Clean chain approach for African swine fever in smallholder settings
This guideline outlines the principles of an African swine fever clean-chain system for smallholder pig producers in Southeast Asia, including the development of a business plan that defines the clean-chain system and the establishment of a partnership between veterinary authorities and private sector stakeholders.

Culling and disposal of pigs in an African Swine Fever outbreak
This document provides guidance on planning and conducting pig culling and disposal operations in smallholder settings. It suggests conducting culling on-site to minimize handling and movement of animals and confirming death of the animals before disposal of the carcasses.

Farm biosecurity, slaughtering and restocking
This guideline showcases good biosecurity measures such as using pig manure to produce biogas. It stresses that practical biosecurity measures must take a targeted approach considering the disease, livestock species and the farming system involved.

Monitoring and surveillance of ASF
This document provides guidance for government officials in defining surveillance objectives; establishing ASF-related case definitions and reporting criteria; and providing examples of potential ASF surveillance methods, including passive surveillance and active surveillance.

African swine fever: The medium- term effects on agricultural markets
This paper aims to gauge the complex cross-commodity and cross-country effects of the African swine fever (ASF) over the medium-term, that is, within a ten-year time horizon. While focusing on meat and feed markets, it also assesses the effects of ASF on all agricultural markets. The results are based on a number of counterfactual runs undertaken with the Aglink-Cosimo model, a global partial equilibrium framework jointly maintained by the secretariats of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The results will help decision makers to understand the extent to which ASF is likely to affect the various agricultural markets and help them prepare for the challenges and the opportunities that may arise from a further spread of the disease.

African Swine Fever
A brochure in Central Khmer

More on animal health

Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050: Awareness of livestock sector policies, laws and One Health among local animal health staff – Snapshot from a survey in six sub-regions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda We interviewed 209 frontline animal health officers about their working modalities and livestock sector relevant policy and law awareness in two largely urban and peri-urban sub-regions of each Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, not far from the capital cities. A Poisson model shows that participating in trainings is associated with an increase in the number of policies or laws and officer can quote. A logit model suggests that participating in trainings increases the odds of an officer having heard of One Health.

GF-TADs Strategy for 2021–2025 - Enhancing control of transboundary animal diseases for global health: summary
The GF-TADs Strategy was developed through a theory of change model and is described as a series of objectives. Chapters describe the management of the GF-TADs Strategy, resource mobilization and a framework for monitoring and evaluation, with clear indicators. In addition, the strategy provides an overview of the GF-TADs governance model and its global priority diseases. Now in Spanish; also available in English, French and Arabic.

United Republic of Tanzania: Evaluation for action – Assessing animal disease surveillance capacities. November 2020
The evaluation focuses on institutional organization and legal framework; timeliness and quality of laboratory analyses; surveillance activities; and epidemiology workforce capacity. Recommendations include generating a digital register of outbreak investigation and creating a Rapid Response Team.

Developing capacities for the control of tsetse and trypanosomosis in Ethiopia –FAO Ethiopia Technical Cooperation Project
Tsetse transmitted AAT causes enormous mortality, which dramatically reduces animal production and limits utilization of infested arable land for crop and livestock production. The total loss due to T&T is difficult to measure but roughly estimated to be about 200 million USD per year, including the most visible direct losses (meat and milk) and the costs of drugs. Various control efforts have made and resulted considerable achievements in some areas where tsetse fly populations and trypanosomosis prevalence were high. However, the efforts were fragmented, focusing on temporary relief than sustainable solutions and hence, some areas were re-infested due to strategic, institutional, financial, and technical constraints. The implementation of the TCP has made a significant contribution in developing the national capacity through the development of the national T&T strategy and roadmap, enhancing national capacity in data management and implementation of Progressive Control Pathway (PCP)-smart Animal African Trypanosomosis (AAT) control activities.

Third Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemiology and Laboratory Networks Meeting for West Eurasia –Report of the virtual meeting. 17-18 August 2021
The meeting brought together members of the West Eurasia Epidemiology and Laboratory networks with the objectives to share information on the current FMD situation in the region and identify challenges; strengthen the engagement of the regional networks in capacity building programmes needed to support the implementation of the FMD control strategies in the region; update membership of the epidemiology and laboratory network leaders and regional leading laboratories; develop biennial regional epidemiology and laboratory networks workplans for 2021-2023; set the methodology for linking the laboratory and epidemiology networks for continuous support to the national and regional objectives for FMD control; and introduce the PCP-FMD self-assessment tool (SAT) for monitoring progress and assessing national capacity on implementation of the FMD control strategy.

 

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