An inclusive and participatory approach to changing policies and practices for improved milk safety in Assam, northeast India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorOPEC Fund for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.creator.identifierMa. Lucila Lapar: 0000-0002-4214-9845en_US
cg.creator.identifierRam Pratim Deka: 0000-0002-8120-224Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.03.002en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2211-9124en_US
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.ilriKNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen_US
cg.volume17en_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDeka, Ram Pratimen_US
dc.contributor.authorMelin, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLundén, Hannaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLapar, Ma. Lucilaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAsse, Raineren_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-04T07:55:18Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-04-04T07:55:18Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92020en_US
dc.titleAn inclusive and participatory approach to changing policies and practices for improved milk safety in Assam, northeast Indiaen_US
dcterms.abstractAnimal products are highly nutritious, but also highly perishable. In India milk is an important source of animal protein, but problems with low quality of the milk, high degrees of adulterated milk on the market, high bacterial loads, and sometimes presence of zoonotic pathogens persist. Most dairy farmers in India are resource-poor small-holders, often with limited knowledge about the importance of food safety and hygiene. Milk quality problems including adulteration and bacterial contamination is common in the country. This paper describes a training intervention for improved food safety in Guwahati, Assam, India, conducted in 2009–2013. The training was designed to be short, simple and customized, cheap to deliver, easily accessible, and accompanied by incentives to bring change in knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP). In 2014 three outcomes were assessed: changed KAP; milk production; and, mastitis prevalence. Selected food safety hazards were also assessed, although their management had not been included in training. We found evidence of improved KAP among trained farmers, 14% higher milk production, and a tendency towards less mastitis, but no effects on food safety hazard levels. This study shows that a training intervention can have a medium-term impact, while the issue of food safety is more complex and cannot be assumed to automatically follow from even successful training.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLindahl, J.F., Deka, R.P., Melin, D., Berg, A., Lundén, H., Lapar, M.L., Asse, R. and Grace, D. 2018. An inclusive and participatory approach to changing policies and practices for improved milk safety in Assam, northeast India. Global Food Security 17: 9–13.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 9-13en_US
dcterms.issued2018-06en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectdairiesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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