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Poultry Value Chain Analysis for Risk based and People centered control of HPAI in two recent HPAI affected districts of Eastern India

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Key activity highlight of FARMER ( A fellow program of Vet Helpline India )

Category: Policy & Welfare

Inception Date: 18-06-2012

Closing Date: 01-09-2013

Location: Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal and Dhubri in Assam

Donor:

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations

  • The activity is supported under USAID funded project: “Immediate Technical Assistance to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) to India”.

Activities:

Poultry Value Chain Analysis

Recorded activities, movements (using GIS), relationships and the motivations behind decisions / actions people take at all level of poultry business in assigned districts.

Risk Assessment

Conducted HPAI (Bird flu) risk assessment in the context of value chain in targeted areas using field survey tools and GIS based technology.

Secondary Research and Expert consultation

The activity was undertaken to record risk based, people centered policy options related to HPAI risk management in the light of findings of value chain analysis and GIS / Survey based risk assessment.

Final Report:

FinalReport_FAOVCA_FARMER_30092012

Contributing fellow Members:

Dr.Miftahul Islam Barbaruah BVSc & A H, MBA, MDM

  • Dr Barbaruah contributed to the project as Team Leader. His specific contribution includes project designing, strategic communication and engagement with key players, facilitation of consultations, data analysis and report writing.

Dr.Gitartha Dutta BVSc & AH, MBA

  • Dr Dutta contributed to the project as Assistant team leader. His specific contribution includes Assistance in formulation of project communication strategy, facilitation of focus group discussions, secondary data collection through key informants, data analysis ( Technical input  on value chain governance) etc.

Dr.Pranjal Borah MVSc

  • Dr.Borah contributed to the project as honorary research support group member. His specific contribution includes assistance in data analysis.

Dr. Paresh Ch. Sharma PhD

  • Dr.Sharma contributed to the project as honorary research support group member. His specific contribution includes assistance in project level networking

Prof ( Dr. ) S.K. Das PhD

  • Dr.Das contributed to the project as honorary research support group member. His specific contribution includes assistance in project level networking.

Mr Rituraj Bhagawati BE, Dip CAD, Sports Trainer (Shooting)

  • Mr.Bhagawati contributed to the project as Assistant team leader. His specific contribution includes GIS based data collection and support to project administration.

Dr S.U.Ahmed BVSc & AH, PGDAR, Empanelled National Level Monitor, MoRD,GOI

  • Dr.Ahmed contributed to the project as Chief Administrative Officer. His specific contributions include in the field of financial management, networking and organization of meetings and consultations.

Prof (Dr) Anup Saikia PhD

  • Dr.Saikia contributed to the project as honorary research support group member. His specific contribution includes guidance to study team leader on use of GIS technology, help in networking, development of maps etc.

Mr C.S.Mondol BSc

  • Mr.Mondol contributed to the project as senior Field Team Member. His contribution includes field data collection, documentation of risky practices, engagement with identified stakeholders and field implementation of project communication strategy.

Dr Sarwar Sader BVSc&AH, MBA

  • Dr.Sarwar Sader -a poultry entrepreneur, contributed to the project as honorary research support group member. His contributions include project level networking and technical inputs on value chain governance.

Mr.Ravindra Nath Pal

  • Mr.Pal contributed to the project as Jr.Field Team Member. His contribution included primary and secondary data collection, documentation of risky practices etc.

Mr.Sandipan Acharya

  • Mr.Sandipan contributed to the project as research support group member. His contribution includes assistance in networking and secondary data collection.

Mr.Mrinal Baruah MA (Geography)

  • Mr.Baruah contributed to the project as Member -GIS support team. His contribution includes development maps.

Mr.Jayanta Nath MA (Geography)

  • Mr.Jayanta contributed to the project as Assistant -GIS support team. His contribution includes recording GPS coordinates, development of maps etc.

Dr.Parimal Roychoudhury MVSc (Microbiology), PhD Scholar

  • Dr.Parimal contributed to the project as honorary member of research support group. His contribution includes guidance to study team leader on research methodology and data analysis.

Ms Trishna Changkakoty MA (Geography)

  • Mr.Trishna contributed to the project and GIS support team member. Her contribution includes degitalization of base map for Jalpaiguri district.

Mr.Deep Bhatta MA (Geography)

  • Mr.Bhatta contributed to the project as Assistant GIS support team. His contribution include assistance in data analysis using google maps.