research methods

This final technical report provides statement of the purpose, activities and results of the project. Supporting documentation giving more details of results of certain activities is provided in the appendix. The purpose of the project was to characterise the role of self-recruiting species (SRS) in different farmer managed aquatic systems, and to develop management approaches that enhance the production of, and access to, such resources by the poor. Research on SRS was carried out in five different countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and India.

This paper is aimed at suggesting common methodologies to assess the economy wide impact of avian flu outbreak in the following five countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya and Nigeria. Indeed, these countries differ in their socio-economic, veterinary and institutional contexts including the importance of the poultry sector, its structure and the history of the disease. Hence, a uniform methodology that can be applied to all countries has its limitations in terms of applicability to each individual country.

A number of empirical and theoretical contributions for analyzing costs and benefits of control and prevention of animal diseases in the developed and developing countries from the literature are reviewed. The purpose of this literature review is to assess the various ways that have been used to quantify costs and benefits of different control and prevention measures associated with diseases with the aim of identifying an appropriate methodology for analyzing the mitigations measures used to control/prevent Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the study countries.