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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureMaladie à virus Ébola | Foire aux questions
Dernière mise à jour: 23 mai 2018
2018Also available in:
This document aims to provide answers to frequently asked questions on the Ebola visus disease (EVD). EVD, formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a human illness caused by infection with an Ebola virus. There are five known species of Ebola viruses, four of which cause human illness. The Zaire ebola virus was the first Ebola virus ever isolated. The virus caused the first reported outbreaks of EVD in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan. The name of the disease comes from the first recorded outbreak in 1976 in an area that lies on the Ebola River. -
NewsletterNewsletterGIEWS Special Alert No. 333 - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (Ebola outbreak)
Grave food security concerns following the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
2014Also available in:
The 2014 main crop harvesting season is about to start and faces difficulties mainly due to labour shortages as a result of movement restrictions following the Ebola outbreak. Disruptions in cross-border trade and marketing activities have resulted in sharp price rises, affecting the food security situation of large numbers of people. An Emergency Operation (EMOP) amounting to 65 000 tonnes was jointly approved by WFP and FAO on 25 August 2014 to provide food assistance to approximately 1.3 million most affected people over a period of three months. FAO, together with respective government authorities and other stakeholders, is supporting the overall response plan and identifying appropriate mechanisms to assist agricultural production, specifically in harvesting and related post-harvest activities. -
DocumentOther documentUnderstanding Ebola Virus at the animal-human interface. Technical Meeting. Agenda.
Rome, Italy. 20-22 January 2016
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ArticleJournal articleEconomic analysis of enhanced biosecurity practices in three types of chicken farms in Northern Vietnam 2020
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No results found.This paper describes the adoption of the Enhanced Biosecurity Practices (EBP) recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Vietnam’s Department of Livestock Production (DLP) and compare profitability between adopters, who were supported by a project, and non-adopters in 5 provinces of Vietnam. On-farm interviews were conducted on 34 broiler farms, 20 chicken breeder farms, and 40 hatchery operations. The study found that all project supported model farmers were aware of proper biosecurity management and its role in chicken production. The percentage of farms that adopted EBPs differed widely between the two farms groups (model and control farms). Almost all biosecurity measures recommended by FAO-DLP were implemented by model farms, except for 2 measures: keeping daily farm records and spraying disinfectants on transportation vehicles and before entering the farms. In terms of antibiotic use, model farms use less antibiotic than control farms in both chicken broiler and layer production. The results show that the recommended biosecurity practices in the chicken production chain substantially increase productivity, resulting in an increase in farms’ profitability. In general, the profit markup of the model farms was higher than that of control farms in all types of chicken production. Model chicken breeder farms had highest profit markup (61.1%), followed by model chicken hatcheries (41.9%), and model chicken broiler farms (25.6%), while control chicken broiler farms had the lowest profit markup (6.31%). Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that the EBP should be promoted among chicken producers as a means to increase profits. -
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