Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building

Small-scale pig farming is highly important to the economic and social status of households in Timor-Leste. The presence of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Timor-Leste was confirmed in 2019, a major concern given that around 70% of agricultural households practice pig farming. This research...

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Autores principales:	Jared Berends, Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong, Tarni Louisa Cooper, Kanar Dizyee, Olavio Morais, Abrão Pereira, Dominic Smith, Karl M. Rich
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	African Swine Fever spatial group model building Timor-Leste value chain livelihoods Veterinary medicine SF600-1100
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a097b294a708407cb7bce8a974cb65e92021-11-18T05:12:17ZInvestigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building2297-176910.3389/fvets.2021.687708https://doaj.org/article/a097b294a708407cb7bce8a974cb65e92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.687708/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2297-1769Small-scale pig farming is highly important to the economic and social status of households in Timor-Leste. The presence of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Timor-Leste was confirmed in 2019, a major concern given that around 70% of agricultural households practice pig farming. This research used a virtual spatial group model building process to construct a concept model to better understand the main feedback loops that determine the socio-economic and livelihood impacts of the ASF outbreak. After discussing the interaction of reinforcing and balancing feedback loops in the concept model, potential leverage points for intervention are suggested that could reduce the impacts of ASF within socio-economic spheres. These include building trust between small-scale farmers and veterinary technicians, strengthening government veterinary services, and the provision of credit conditional on biosecurity investments to help restock the industry. This conceptual model serves as a starting point for further research and the future development of a quantitative system dynamics (SD) model which would allow ex-ante scenario-testing of various policy and technical mitigation strategies of ASF outbreaks in Timor-Leste and beyond. Lessons learned from the blended offline/online approach to training and workshop facilitation are also explored in the paper.Jared BerendsJared BerendsJoanita Bendita da Costa JongTarni Louisa CooperTarni Louisa CooperKanar DizyeeOlavio MoraisAbrão PereiraDominic SmithDominic SmithKarl M. RichKarl M. RichFrontiers Media S.A.articleAfrican Swine Feverspatial group model buildingTimor-Lestevalue chainlivelihoodsVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ENFrontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 8 (2021)
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topic	African Swine Fever spatial group model building Timor-Leste value chain livelihoods Veterinary medicine SF600-1100
spellingShingle	African Swine Fever spatial group model building Timor-Leste value chain livelihoods Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Jared Berends Jared Berends Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong Tarni Louisa Cooper Tarni Louisa Cooper Kanar Dizyee Olavio Morais Abrão Pereira Dominic Smith Dominic Smith Karl M. Rich Karl M. Rich Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building
description	Small-scale pig farming is highly important to the economic and social status of households in Timor-Leste. The presence of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Timor-Leste was confirmed in 2019, a major concern given that around 70% of agricultural households practice pig farming. This research used a virtual spatial group model building process to construct a concept model to better understand the main feedback loops that determine the socio-economic and livelihood impacts of the ASF outbreak. After discussing the interaction of reinforcing and balancing feedback loops in the concept model, potential leverage points for intervention are suggested that could reduce the impacts of ASF within socio-economic spheres. These include building trust between small-scale farmers and veterinary technicians, strengthening government veterinary services, and the provision of credit conditional on biosecurity investments to help restock the industry. This conceptual model serves as a starting point for further research and the future development of a quantitative system dynamics (SD) model which would allow ex-ante scenario-testing of various policy and technical mitigation strategies of ASF outbreaks in Timor-Leste and beyond. Lessons learned from the blended offline/online approach to training and workshop facilitation are also explored in the paper.
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author	Jared Berends Jared Berends Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong Tarni Louisa Cooper Tarni Louisa Cooper Kanar Dizyee Olavio Morais Abrão Pereira Dominic Smith Dominic Smith Karl M. Rich Karl M. Rich
author_facet	Jared Berends Jared Berends Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong Tarni Louisa Cooper Tarni Louisa Cooper Kanar Dizyee Olavio Morais Abrão Pereira Dominic Smith Dominic Smith Karl M. Rich Karl M. Rich
author_sort	Jared Berends
title	Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building
title_short	Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building
title_full	Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building
title_fullStr	Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building
title_sort	investigating the socio-economic and livelihoods impacts of african swine fever in timor-leste: an application of spatial group model building
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/a097b294a708407cb7bce8a974cb65e9
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Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building

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