Economic impact of peste des petits ruminants on small ruminant production in Senegal: Gender considerations within a system dynamics modelling approach

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisationen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Virology and Immunology, Switzerlanden
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Bernen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Sénégalais de Recherches en Elevageen
cg.contributor.affiliationOklahoma State Universityen
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.coverage.countrySenegalen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SNen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierJoshua Aboah: 0000-0003-1000-2109en
cg.creator.identifierZoe Campbell: 0000-0002-4759-9976en
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776en
cg.creator.identifierPacem Kotchofa: 0000-0002-1640-8807en
cg.creator.identifierSidwatta Guy Ilboudo: 0000-0001-6061-7035en
cg.creator.identifierBarbara Wieland: 0000-0003-4020-9186en
cg.creator.identifierKarl Rich: 0000-0002-5581-9553en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103928en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0308-521Xen
cg.journalAgricultural Systemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen
cg.subject.ilriPPRen
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.subject.ilriGOATSen
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Securityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume217en
dc.contributor.authorAboah, Joshuaen
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Zoë A.en
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.en
dc.contributor.authorKotchofa, Pacemen
dc.contributor.authorIlboudo, Guy S.en
dc.contributor.authorWieland, Barbaraen
dc.contributor.authorLo, M.M.en
dc.contributor.authorRich, Karl M.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T16:18:19Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-27T16:18:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140638
dc.titleEconomic impact of peste des petits ruminants on small ruminant production in Senegal: Gender considerations within a system dynamics modelling approachen
dcterms.abstractCONTEXT Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) remains a persistent challenge for small ruminant production in Senegal, leading to economic losses for livestock keepers. Gender dynamics and socio-cultural factors influence production decisions at the household level. Despite its relevance, economic impact models of PPR have not incorporated gender dynamics. OBJECTIVE This paper seeks to redress this gap by disaggregating the farm-level impacts of PPR based on the gender of the household head and implementers of routine and management activities in small ruminant production at the household level. METHODS To quantify the gendered economic impacts of PPR, a system dynamics model was developed with four modules: integrated production-epidemiology, economics and profitability, disease control, and marketing. The model was parameterised based on survey data from 747 households in 49 agro-pastoral and pastoral villages in Senegal and augmented by secondary data. The model was validated (structurally and behaviourally) and simulated for 30 years with a weekly timestep. A set of disease scenarios were run for ten different farm household typologies based on the gender of the household head and household members who perform production management activities (like purchasing, selling, gifting, and vaccinating animals) and routine activities (like feeding, cleaning pens, and caring for sick animals). RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Model results estimated annual reductions in farm profitability of 51% to 61% with a hypothetical 25% incidence rate of PPR, corresponding to an average of $1051 to $1246 USD lost per household per year. In the two most impacted household typologies, management activities were performed by either men only or women only, and in the three least impacted household typologies, management activities were shared by men and women. The least impacted household typology with the highest gross margins without PPR ($2429 USD per year) and the lowest percentage of loss (51%) was female-headed households with men and women doing management tasks and primarily women or girls doing routine activities. SIGNIFICANCE Households with both women and men engaged in management activities were less impacted by PPR, highlighting the crucial role of women's agency in management decisions taken in small ruminant production at the farm level. The findings further provide the empirical grounding for considering gender dynamics in interventions to control PPR and other livestock diseases in small ruminant production systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-03-26en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAboah, J., Campbell, Z.A., Dione, M., Kotchofa, P., Ilboudo, G., Wieland, B., Lo, M.M. and Rich, K.M. 2024. Economic impact of peste des petits ruminants on small ruminant production in Senegal: Gender considerations within a system dynamics modelling approach. Agricultural Systems 217: 103928.en
dcterms.extent103928en
dcterms.issued2024-05en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectpest of small ruminantsen
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen
dcterms.subjectsheepen
dcterms.subjectgoatsen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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