Nagaland pig production
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Item Status of pig breeding policies and practices in India(Presentation, 2015-12-14) Deka, Ram PratimItem Disease risk assessment in pig value chains: A constructive study in Nagaland(Report, 2009-12-30) Grace, Delia; Fahrion, Anna S.; Jamir, L.; Begum, S.Item Comparative risk assessment of pork value chain in Nagaland, Northeast India(Journal Article, 2012-12-15) Deka, Ram Pratim; Grace, Delia; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Fahrion, Anna S.Nagaland is a state in northeast India with around 2 million inhabitants. Pork occupies an important place in the diet. Most people buy and sell pork in informal markets (called wet markets) where there is little safety and quality regulation. As part of a larger project on competitiveness of smallholder pig production in Nagaland, a study was carried out to do comparative risk assessment in representative pork meat chains. The study addressed all levels (“from stable to table”) of rural pork supply chains as well as peri-urban and rural food supply chains supplying Guwahati, the state capital. The study used participatory risk analysis, a new method for assessing and managing food safety that allows rapid and participatory assessment of hazards in resource-constrained environments. Different tools were applied including the following: (1) participatory rural appraisal to understand pig farming systems and disease problems; (2) individual questionnaires for value chain actors and consumers; (3) observational check-lists covering slaughter, transport, and retail; (4) standard microbiological tests for total bacterial contamination and fecal bacteria; and (5) rapid diagnostic tests for several pathogens in pork meat, including several bacteria, different parasites, and antibiotic residues. The data were evaluated to assess hazards as well as risk amplifying or mitigating practices. The study found high levels of food-borne hazards, many reported for the first time in Nagaland. Hygienic practices at slaughter and retail sites are very poor and there is a high risk of cross-contamination at the household level. Although some risk-mitigating practices are evident (in particular lengthy cooking of meat), other risk-enhancing practices exist (such as smoking pork in the households fires and eating without cooking). The study identifies critical control points and makes evidence-based recommendations for better management of pork-borne diseases in Nagaland.Item Food-safety hazards in the pork chain in Nagaland, North East India: Implications for human health(Journal Article, 2014-01-15) Fahrion, Anna S.; Jamir, L.; Richa, K.; Begum, S.; Rutsa, V.; Ao, S.; Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar; Deka, Ram Pratim; Grace, DeliaPork occupies an important place in the diet of the population of Nagaland, one of the North East Indian states. We carried out a pilot study along the pork meat production chain, from live animal to end consumer. The goal was to obtain information about the presence of selected food borne hazards in pork in order to assess the risk deriving from these hazards to the health of the local consumers and make recommendations for improving food safety. A secondary objective was to evaluate the utility of risk-based approaches to food safety in an informal food system. We investigated samples from pigs and pork sourced at slaughter in urban and rural environments, and at retail, to assess a selection of food-borne hazards. In addition, consumer exposure was characterized using information about hygiene and practices related to handling and preparing pork. A qualitative hazard characterization, exposure assessment and hazard characterization for three representative hazards or hazard proxies, namely Enterobacteriaceae, T. solium cysticercosis and antibiotic residues, is presented. Several important potential food-borne pathogens are reported for the first time including Listeria spp. and Brucella suis. This descriptive pilot study is the first risk-based assessment of food safety in Nagaland. We also characterise possible interventions to be addressed by policy makers, and supply data to inform future risk assessments.Item Improving the livelihoods of small-scale pig producers in Northeast India: An integrated, people-centred approach(Brochure, 2011-12-22) Deka, Ram Pratim; Wright, Iain A.Item Training manual on hygienic pork production and marketing(Training Material, 2011-07-15) Deka, Ram Pratim; Wright, Iain A.Item Training manual on smallholders’ pig management(Training Material, 2011-07-15) Deka, Ram Pratim; Wright, Iain A.Item Training manual on veterinary first aid for pig(Training Material, 2011-07-15) Deka, Ram Pratim; Wright, Iain A.Item Comparative risk assessment of pork value chain in Nagaland, North East India(Presentation, 2011-10-14) Deka, Ram Pratim; Grace, Delia; Fahrion, Anna S.; Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar; Lapar, Ma. LucilaItem Living livestock research: Towards policies for people and pigs in Northeast India(Video, 2011-06-17) Ficarelli, P.P.In this short video 'towards policies for people and pigs in Northeast India,' we report from Umlathu where we explore with villagers the multiple realities of livestock farming. The focus is on pig farming and on local perspectives and demands for its development. This video reports from a project 'Better livelihoods through improvement of livestock production and marketing in North East India' which is funded by IFAD as part of a larger project 'Livelihood improvement and empowerment of rural poor through sustainable farming systems in North East India' funded by the World Bank and Government of India.Item Smallholder Pig Systems in North East India: ILRI outcome story 2007(News Item, 2008-03-15) International Livestock Research InstituteItem The pig sector in North East India: status, constraints and opportunities(Conference Paper, 2010-07-21) Wright, Iain A.; Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. LucilaItem Kokrajhar's pig sub-sector: current status, constraints and opportunities(Report, 2007-06) Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Kumar, AnjaniItem Dhemaji's pig sub-sector: current status, constraints and opportunities(Report, 2007-06) Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Kumar, AnjaniItem Karbi Anglong's pig sub-sector: current status, constraints and opportunities(Report, 2007-06) Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Kumar, AnjaniItem Golaghat's pig sub-sector: current status, constraints and opportunities.(Report, 2007-06) Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Kumar, AnjaniItem Assam's pig sub-sector: current status, constraints and opportunities(Report, 2007-09) Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Kumar, AnjaniItem Kamrup's pig sub-sector: current status, constraints and opportunities(Report, 2007-06) Deka, Ram Pratim; Thorpe, W.R.; Lapar, Ma. Lucila; Kumar, AnjaniItem Pig and dairy pathways out of poverty in India(Video, 2008-06-16) International Livestock Research InstituteThis film illustrates how small-scale pig keeping and dairying have the potential to help hundreds of thousands of the poorest people in Assam and Nagaland, remote provinces in northeast India, to increase their incomes and better their lives.Item Risk assessment in the pork meat chain in Nagaland, India(Poster, 2010-04-14) Fahrion, Anna S.; Richa, K.; Jamir, L.; Begum, S.; Rutsa, V.; Ao, S.; Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar