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
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorOPEC Fund for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorSwedish International Development Cooperation Agencyen
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398
cg.creator.identifierMa. Lucila Lapar: 0000-0002-4214-9845
cg.creator.identifierRam Pratim Deka: 0000-0002-8120-224X
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.03.002en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2211-9124en
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.ilriKNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATIONen
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen
cg.volume17en
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.contributor.authorDeka, Ram Pratimen
dc.contributor.authorMelin, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Annaen
dc.contributor.authorLundén, Hannaen
dc.contributor.authorLapar, Ma. Lucilaen
dc.contributor.authorAsse, Raineren
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-04T07:55:18Zen
dc.date.available2018-04-04T07:55:18Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92020
dc.titleAn inclusive and participatory approach to changing policies and practices for improved milk safety in Assam, northeast Indiaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
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
dcterms.extentp. 9-13en
dcterms.issued2018-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectdairiesen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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