title: The economic impact of foot and mouth disease control and eradication in the Philippines.
abstract: The authors evaluate the impact of foot and mouth disease (FMD) and control of the disease in the Philippines using cost-benefit analysis. A scenario in which FMD control is maintained at recent levels with continued presence of the disease is compared to scenarios in which a publicly funded programme achieves eradication by 2005 (current policy objective), 2007 and 2010. Under varying assumptions regarding the development of exports of livestock products following eradication, estimated benefit-cost ratios for the investment in eradication range from 1.6 (2010, no exports) to 12.0 (2005, export of 5,000 tons each of low-value and high-value livestock products annually), indicating eradication to be an economically viable investment. The commercial swine sector is estimated to capture 84% of the benefits generated by the public investment in eradication, versus 4% by backyard swine producers. The implications of these results within the context of regional efforts to control FMD in South-East Asia are explored.
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Randolph
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Benigno
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Agbayani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Gleeson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010679:Philippines / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary