Combining conventional and participatory approaches to identify and prioritise management and health-related constraints to smallholder pig production in San Simon, Pampanga, Philippines.

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العنوان:	Combining conventional and participatory approaches to identify and prioritise management and health-related constraints to smallholder pig production in San Simon, Pampanga, Philippines.
المؤلفون:	Barnes TS; The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia; The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia. Electronic address: t.barnes@uq.edu.au., Alvaran PJJ; Department of Agriculture Region 3, Pampanga, Philippines., Lantican TLDC; Department of Agriculture Region 3, Pampanga, Philippines., Lapuz EL; Department of Agriculture Region 3, Pampanga, Philippines., Ignacio C; Provincial Veterinary Office of Pampanga, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines., Baluyut AS; Provincial Veterinary Office of Pampanga, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines., Parke CR; The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia., Palaniappan G; The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia., Cameron D; The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia., Ancog RC; School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines., Mananggit MR; Department of Agriculture Region 3, Pampanga, Philippines., de Castro R; Livestock Research Division, DOST-PCAARRD, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines., Meers J; The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia., Palmieri C; The University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia., Turni C; The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia., Villar EC; Livestock Research Division, DOST-PCAARRD, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines., Blackall PJ; The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
المصدر:	Preventive veterinary medicine [Prev Vet Med] 2020 May; Vol. 178, pp. 104987. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 09.
نوع المنشور:	Journal Article
اللغة:	English
بيانات الدورية:	Publisher: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 8217463 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-1716 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01675877 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Prev Vet Med Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة:	Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier Scientific Publishing Original Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [1982-
مواضيع طبية MeSH:	Sus scrofa, Animal Husbandry/statistics & numerical data , Community Participation/*statistics & numerical data, Animal Husbandry/classification ; Animals ; Philippines
مستخلص:	Pork is the main meat produced and consumed in the Philippines. The majority of pigs are raised by smallholders who experience a range of constraints to their pig production. This study presents the findings of the first part of an overarching project that used an Ecohealth approach and aimed to improve the production and competitiveness of the smallholder pig system in an area of the Philippines. A participatory approach was embraced, combining conventional and participatory epidemiology methods followed by a stakeholder discussion. The first aim was to identify management and health-related constraints to pig production among smallholder famers in San Simon, Pampanga, Philippines. The second aim was for the project team and stakeholders to jointly prioritise activities for the immediate future to address these constraints. Key management and health-related constraints identified included inadequate water supply to pigs, particularly lactating and gestating sows, and a range of feeding-related issues. Diarrhoea was recognised as the disease syndrome of highest priority and limited record keeping meant that farmers were unable to assess the productivity and profitability of their pig farming enterprises. Actions jointly prioritised by stakeholders and the project team were: the appointment of a project coordinator within each barangay; conduct two sets of seminars, the first covering water and nutrition and the second piglet management and diarrhoea, to be delivered by technical experts but with farmer "trusted sources" also sharing their experiences; development of easily understandable leaflets and posters covering key technical information; promotion of nipple drinkers attached to five-gallon water containers and creep boxes for piglets, and conduct of a record keeping workshop with a small group of innovative farmers to develop a useful and usable tool for record keeping. The use of multiple approaches to data-gathering enabled triangulation of study findings. Without any one of these components the understanding of the pig production system would have been less complete and it is possible that the proposed actions would not have been as well-tailored to the needs of the farmers. The participatory approach, in particular the stakeholder discussion, provided the opportunity to embrace the "deciding together" and "acting together" stances of participation rather than the lower "information giving" stance, thereby giving stakeholders greater ownership of the future activities of the overarching project and beyond. Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None. (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
فهرسة مساهمة:	Keywords: Constraints; Ecohealth; Participatory epidemiology; Philippines; Pig; Smallholder
تواريخ الأحداث:	Date Created: 20200420 Date Completed: 20201215 Latest Revision: 20201215
رمز التحديث:	20231215
DOI:	10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.104987
PMID:	32305640
قاعدة البيانات:	MEDLINE

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تدمد:	1873-1716
DOI:	10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.104987