Improving broiler business and biosecurity – A win–win? Insights from producers in Menoufia and Qualiubia governorates in Egypt

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Improving broiler business and biosecurity – A win–win? Insights from producers in Menoufia and Qualiubia governorates in Egypt

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 24 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

ISBN 978-92-5-137203-6

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To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2947en

Synopsis (short abstract) The poultry sector is changing rapidly and especially commercial small and medium-scale broiler production in and around cities has increased greatly over the past decades. This trend has public health implications as transforming livestock systems in densely populated areas can drive the emergence of infectious diseases. Sanitation, hygiene and related biosecurity practices provide the foundation upon which a sustainable transformation of the poultry sector can take place. However, the compliance with certain standards by stakeholders is not only a matter of laws and regulations but also of their incentives to comply with them. Producers, for example, are more likely to adopt biosecurity practices when they are convinced of their economic viability and positive impact on their business. This brief presents an approach from the poultry sector in Egypt that explored biosecurity related win-win solutions for both public and private stakeholders.

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FAO. 2023. Improving broiler business and biosecurity – A win-win? Insights from producers in Menoufia and Qualiubia governorates in Egypt. Rome

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2947en

Language English

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