Karl M. Rich

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the ways in which small producers of fruits and vegetables in Kenya and India have coped with increased demands for food safety from their main export markets.

TL;DR: The study highlights the need for greater sensitivity and analyses that address the multitude of economic losses resulting from an animal disease to better inform policy and decision making during animal health emergencies.

TL;DR: New approaches and frameworks for the analysis of economic and poverty impacts of animal diseases are examined, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of value chain and information economics approaches in impact analyses and stressing the importance of improved integration between the epidemiology of disease and its relationships with economic behavior.

TL;DR: The differential impacts of fmd and its control are summarised, and the growing understanding of how the control of this globally important disease may contribute to the processes of pro-poor growth in certain countries of the developing world is linked.

TL;DR: In this article, theoretical and applied insights on ways to improve the analytical rigor of the value chain methodology that combines both qualitative and quantitative approaches are presented. But the analysis remains relatively qualitative and case-specific, with limited ability to rank or assess the impact of alternative interventions or to analyze sufficiently the complex market dynamics and feedbacks present in livestock systems.