Foot and Mouth Disease in the Borena Plateau: Livelihoods Impact and V Accina Tion Benefit - Cost Analysis, Ethiopia.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Berhanu Admassu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tariku Jibat | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-22T13:19:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-09-22T13:19:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute, highly communicable and economically important disease of livestock and wild animals. This study was conducted on FMD's livelihoods impact, trend analysis and benefit-cost ratio of vaccination in Borena zone, Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. The study used pal1icipatory appraisal methods and secondary data sources. Livestockrelated livelihoods options accounted for 31 % of the total means of food and income source followed by crop farming. This study clearly showed that FMD had the greatest impact on the cattle-derived benefits and the trend of outbreaks frequency and severity has been increasing with timeline from 1960 to 2007 (1=0.612) . Furthe11l10re, tlu•ough the timeline, FMD outbreaks frequency and severity was found to be significantly correlated to length of extended dry season (r=0.377). In addition, FMD is ranked number one cattle disease after 1985 with significant rank change (t=12 .04) as compared to 1984 and before. In this study area vaccination was proposed after realizing that majority of the FMD cases remain untreated and outbreaks remain uncontrolled. The benefit from FMD vaccination is found to be 9.1 times that the expenses of the vaccination indicating that the control of FMD in Borena zone by vaccination could be justified on economic grounds. The feasibility of FMD vaccination as control strategy needs to be examined in the light of FMD's significant impacts on livelihoods, its positive benefit-cost ratio for vaccination, absence of an envirol1lllent suitable for FMD control through movement control, quarantine, culling and other options. The benefit-cost ratio of vaccination was less sensitive to vaccination costs change. Although it is not expected for a vaccination program to lead to a disease free status in herds in the region soon, decreased FMD incidences will lead to increased milk production and calf survival. This would imply less stress on people's lives, secure food sources and social harmony and also might increase national and intemational trade opportunities. Keywords: Food security, ecollomic modeling, participatory epidemiology, socio-economics, trend analysis. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/9011 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Food security | |
| dc.subject | ecollomic modeling | |
| dc.subject | participatory epidemiology | |
| dc.subject | socio-economics | |
| dc.subject | trend analysis. | |
| dc.title | Foot and Mouth Disease in the Borena Plateau: Livelihoods Impact and V Accina Tion Benefit - Cost Analysis, Ethiopia. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |