Social-economic impacts of HPAI outbreaks and control measures on small-scale and backyard poultry producers in China : final technical report

Abstract

The unprecedented highly pandemic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry have attacked millions of small scale and backyard producers in many southeast countries since the winter of 2003/2004. Under this context, during 2007-2010, IDRC launched the regional research titled as the “Socio-economic Impact of HPAI Outbreaks and Control Measures on Small-scale and Backyard Poultry Producers in Asia,” which involved four countries: China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The purpose of the study is to analyze socio-economic impacts of AI outbreaks and control measures on backyard and small producers and their responses to AI control measures, so as to inform the development of viable control strategies and more equitable interventions to cope with AI, especially for the vulnerable households. This research was carried out as part of the APEIR （Asian Partnership on Emerging Infectious Disease Research）collaboration with funding by the IDRC. The country study of China was implemented by the College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University. This final technical report summarizes the key research procedures and outputs of the project implemented in China. This research surveyed 724 rural households in AI affected areas in three provinces according to the AI incidence level, also conducted the key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and case studies. The data analysis and processing methods include descriptive statistical analysis, econometric modeling, regression analysis, and content analysis...