Urban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: Diversity of production systems, supply chains, and their disease management and risks

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Veterinary College, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.affiliationLeverhulme Centre for Integrated Research on Agriculture and Healthen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorMedical Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlarcon, P.: 0000-0001-9040-7629
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986
cg.creator.identifierJames Akoko: 0000-0001-5730-4505
cg.creator.identifierJonathan Rushton: 0000-0001-5450-4202
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00171en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2297-1769en
cg.journalFrontiers in Veterinary Scienceen
cg.placeLausanne, Switzerlanden
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriAGRI-HEALTHen
cg.volume4en
dc.contributor.authorAlarcón, Pabloen
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en
dc.contributor.authorMuinde, P.en
dc.contributor.authorMurungi, M.K.en
dc.contributor.authorKiambi, S.en
dc.contributor.authorAkoko, James M.en
dc.contributor.authorRushton, Jonathanen
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T08:51:09Zen
dc.date.available2017-10-30T08:51:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89113
dc.titleUrban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: Diversity of production systems, supply chains, and their disease management and risksen
dcterms.abstractUrban livestock keeping in developing cities have an important role in food security and livelihoods, but can also pose a significant threat to the environment and health of urban dwellers. The aim of this study was to identify the different livestock systems in Nairobi, their supply chains and their management and food safety risks. Seven focus group discussions with Livestock production officers in charge of each major Nairobi subcounty were conducted. Data were collected on the type of systems existing for each livestock species and their supply chains, disease management, food safety risks, and general husbandry and gender factors. Supply chain flow diagrams and thematic analysis of the data was done. Results of the study show a large variability of livestock keeping in Nairobi. The majority were small scale with: <5 dairy cows, 1-6 dairy goats, <10 small ruminants, <20 pigs, 200-500 broilers, 300-500 layers, <10 indigenous chickens or <20 rabbits. Beef keeping was mainly described as a ‘by the way’ system or done by traders to fatten animals for 3 month. Supply chain analysis indicated that most dairy farmers sold milk directly to consumers due to ‘lack of trust’ of these in traders. Broiler and pig farmers sold mainly to traders, but are dependent on few large dominating companies for their replacement or distribution of products. Selling directly to retailers or consumers (including own consumption), with backyard slaughtering, were important chains for small scale pig, sheep and goat and indigenous chicken keepers. Important disease risk practices identified were associated to consumption of dead and sick animals, with underground network of brokers operating for ruminant products. Qualified trained health managers were used mainly by dairy farmers, and large commercial poultry and pig farmers, while use of unqualified health managers or no treatment were common in small scale farming. Control of urban livestock keepers was reported difficult due to their ‘feeling of being outlaws’, ‘lack of trust’ in government, ‘inaccessibility’ in informal settlements, ‘lack of government funding’ or ‘understaffing’. Findings are useful for designing policies to help to control urban livestock production and minimize its associated health and environment risks.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlarcon, P., Fèvre, E. M., Muinde, P., Murungi, M. K., Kiambi, S., Akoko, J., & Rushton, J. (2017). Urban Livestock Keeping in the City of Nairobi: Diversity of Production Systems, Supply Chains, and Their Disease Management and Risks. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00171en
dcterms.issued2017-10-25
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/105636en
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjecturban agricultureen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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