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Enhancing knowledge and awareness of biosecurity practices for control of African swine fever among smallholder pig farmers in four districts along the Kenya–Uganda border

Tropical Animal Health and Production volume 48, pages 727–734 (2016)Cite this article

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A study was undertaken along the Kenya–Uganda border in four districts of Tororo and Busia (Uganda) and Busia and Teso (Kenya) to understand smallholder farmers’ knowledge, practices and awareness of biosecurity measures. Information was collected by administering questionnaires to 645 randomly selected pig households in the study area. In addition, focus group discussions were carried out in 12 villages involving 248 people using a standardized list of questions. The outcome suggested that there was a very low level of awareness of biosecurity practices amongst smallholder farmers. We conclude that adoption of specific biosecurity practices by smallholder farmers is feasible but requires institutional support. There is a clear requirement for government authorities to sensitize farmers using approaches that allow active participation of farmers in the design, planning and implementation of biosecurity practices to enable enhanced adoption.

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Acknowledgments

The research was performed under the ASF Epidemiology module within the CSIRO-AusAID Africa-Australia Food security Initiative. We are grateful to the Bioscience East and Central Africa (BECA) Hub for project implementation. We also appreciate salary support provided to RB under CGIAR consortium research project CRP 3.7. The researcher acknowledged all the personnel of ILRI ASF project team and the technical personnel in the study districts.

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  1. Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda

    Noelina Nantima

  2. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Sydney, Australia

    Jocelyn Davies

  3. International Livestock Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda

    Michel Dione

  4. College of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

    Michael Ocaido & Anthony Mugisha

  5. International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

    Edward Okoth & Richard Bishop

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Nantima, N., Davies, J., Dione, M. et al. Enhancing knowledge and awareness of biosecurity practices for control of African swine fever among smallholder pig farmers in four districts along the Kenya–Uganda border. Trop Anim Health Prod 48, 727–734 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-016-1015-8

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Keywords

  • African swine fever
  • Biosecurity
  • Pigs
  • Smallholder systems
  • Uganda
  • Kenya

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