Inclusive agro-industrial development and sectoral systems of innovation: insights from South Africa

Bowman, Andrew; Chisoro, Shingie

doi:10.1080/2157930x.2024.2312311

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“…The historical relationship between rising average incomes and increased animal livestock product consumption, particularly pronounced in rapidly growing economies, was assumed to hold for future years. It is not our intention to question this assumption at this juncture, though it is worth noting that dietary norms are historically constituted [ 18 ], culturally contingent [ 19 ], influenced by agrifood global business value chains [ 20 ] and matters for health as well as environmental intervention [ 21 , 22 ]. These debates apart, the aim was to determine how this assumed demand for livestock products could be met at least cost in terms of EID risks.…”

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Understanding the roles of economy and society in the relative risks of zoonosis emergence from livestock

Hinchliffe,

Blanchette,

Chan

et al. 2024

R. Soc. Open Sci.

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The emergence of zoonotic infections that can develop into pathogens of pandemic potential is a major concern for public health. The risks of emergence and transmission relate to multiple factors that range from land use to human–non-human animal contacts. Livestock agriculture plays a potentially significant role in those risks, shaping landscapes and providing hosts that can act as the source or amplifiers of emergent pathogens. The relative risks will be contingent upon the nature of those systems, with comparisons often made between intensive, indoor, biosecure systems and more extensive, outdoor, insecure systems. Microbiological, ecological and veterinary sciences provide useful entry points in specifying and modelling some of the relative risks. Yet, they often do so with little regard for social science inputs and by making assumptions about social and economic conditions. In this article, we respond to recent analyses of relative risks by raising the importance of social and economic drivers of risk. We chart social science insights and research that materially alter the zoonotic risks associated with livestock production. Our purpose is to emphasize the requirement for full appreciation of the social, economic and political components of zoonotic and pandemic risk.

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