scholarly journals Animal health perceptions and challenges among smallholder farmers around Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India: A study using participatory epidemiological techniques

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. e0237902
Author(s):  
Andy Hopker ◽  
Naveen Pandey ◽  
Sophie Hopker ◽  
Dibyajyoti Saikia ◽  
Jadumoni Goswami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Health Perceptions ◽  
Kaziranga National Park

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal patterns and movement analysis of pigs from smallholder farms and implications for African swine fever spread, Limpopo province, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Folorunso O. Fasina ◽  
Japhta M. Mokoele ◽  
B. Tom Spencer ◽  
Leo A.M.L. Van Leengoed ◽  
Yvette Bevis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Disease Dispersal

Infectious and zoonotic disease outbreaks have been linked to increasing volumes of legal and illegal trade. Spatio-temporal and trade network analyses have been used to evaluate the risks associated with these challenges elsewhere, but few details are available for the pig sector in South Africa. Regarding pig diseases, Limpopo province is important as the greater part of the province falls within the African swine fever control area. Emerging small-scale pig farmers in Limpopo perceived pig production as an important means of improving their livelihood and an alternative investment. They engage in trading and marketing their products with a potential risk to animal health, because the preferred markets often facilitate potential longdistance spread and disease dispersal over broad geographic areas. In this study, we explored the interconnectedness of smallholder pig farmers in Limpopo, determined the weaknesses and critical control points, and projected interventions that policy makers can implement to reduce the risks to pig health. The geo-coordinates of surveyed farms were used to draw maps, links and networks. Predictive risks to pigs were determined through the analyses of trade networks, and the relationship to previous outbreaks of African swine fever was postulated. Auction points were identified as high-risk areas for the spread of animal diseases. Veterinary authorities should prioritise focused surveillance and diagnostic efforts in Limpopo. Early disease detection and prompt eradication should be targeted and messages promoting enhanced biosecurity to smallholder farmers are advocated. The system may also benefit from the restructuring of marketing and auction networks. Since geographic factors and networks can rapidly facilitate pig disease dispersal over large areas, a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the complexities that exist around the animal disease epidemiology becomes mandatory.

scholarly journals INSAR COHERENCE AND POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF FLOODED AREA – CASE STUDY OF A NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK

2018 ◽  
Vol IV-5 ◽  
pp. 265-272
Author(s):  
A. S. Dini Das ◽  
S. Kumar ◽  
A. Babu ◽  
P. K. Thakur
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Natural World ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Alos Palsar ◽  
Kaziranga National Park ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
L Band ◽  
Flooded Area

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Flood is a major threat to one of the UNESCO world heritage site of India-The Kaziranga National Park. Every year during the monsoon several hundreds of animals which include globally threatened species like single-horned Indian Rhinoceros of Kaziranga lose their lives due to the flood. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can be used to monitoring the flood than the optical remote sensors because of their capability of all-weather and time-independent operability. The microwave L band is most suitable for the flood studies because of its higher penetration capability even through the vegetation. In this study, the advantages of SAR polarimetry and Interferometry of multi-temporal L band dual-pol data of ALOS PALSAR 2 were used to characterize the flooded area and also to monitor the flood extent. The H/ A/ Alpha decomposition gives a better characterization of the flooded area. The separability analysis is done with a different combination of decomposition parameters and the parameters having high-class separability between water and non-water areas are selected. Polarimetric classification using Random forest classifier is done on these selected decomposition parameters to classify the study into water and non-water areas. The classified images of different months before, during and after the flood time is used to quantitatively estimate the flood extent and for time series analysis. The Interferometric SAR coherence images along with the backscatter images are used to generate the RGB composites which also gives times series information on the flood impact.</p>

scholarly journals Conservation and Livelihood Conflict of Kaziranga National Park: A World Heritage Site of Assam, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-232
Author(s):  
Arup Kumar Hazarika ◽  
Unmilan Kalita
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Natural Evolution ◽  
Conservation History ◽  
Kaziranga National Park ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wildlife Reserve

The conservation history of Kaziranga National Park has traversed many a path since it was first recognised as a ‘game sanctuary’ in 1916. The unique aesthetics and richness of its biodiversity, severely afflicted by natural and anthropogenic interventions now and then, has necessitated conservation of this wildlife reserve. An outcome of the conservation process pertains to disruptions in livelihood of the local communities, that have for generations, used the park’s natural resources and therefore, had become a part of its natural evolution. Hundreds of people have lost their livelihoods and violent confrontations have become a typical scene, with the communities being utterly left out of the conservation process. In this light, the present essay envisages discussing the centrality of community participation in the conservation of Kaziranga National Park vis-à-vis a conjugation of the conservation process and livelihood aspirations of the local people.

Socio-Economic Impacts of Foot and Mouth Disease Among Cattle Farmers in Sagaing and Mandalay Areas, Myanmar

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Thanda Kyaw
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
World Organisation ◽  
Control And Eradication

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Sub-Regional Representation for South East Asia (OIE SRR-SEA) implemented the Stop Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses (STANDZ) Programme funded by AusAID to strengthen the veterinary services and effectively manage the control and eradication of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar. The purpose of the study is to understand how FMD outbreaks impact smallholder farmers, both men and women, at the household and village level and how control and eradication of FMD would benefit them. Specific aims are to estimate the direct and indirect socio-economic costs associated with the outbreaks of FMD as well as of the measures taken by farmers to deal with such outbreaks and to identify issues that contributed to the socio-economic impacts of FMD outbreaks and opportunities to reduce them.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Micromonospora sp . Strain HK10, Isolated from Kaziranga National Park, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhumita Talukdar ◽  
Dhrubajyoti Das ◽  
Chiranjeeta Borah ◽  
Hari Prasanna Deka Boruah ◽  
Tarun Chandra Bora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
National Park ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Gc Content ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Full Genome ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Protein Coding Genes ◽  
Kaziranga National Park

We report the 6.92-Mbp genome sequence of Micromonospora sp. HK10, isolated from soil samples collected from Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. The full genome of strain Micromonospora sp . strain HK10 consists of 6,911,179 bp with 73.39% GC content, 6,196 protein-coding genes, and 86 RNAs.

scholarly journals Park, People and Biodiversity Conservation in Kaziranga National Park, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Das
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Local People ◽  
The North ◽  
Kaziranga National Park ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
The People ◽  
Gains And Losses

Kaziranga National Park (henceforth, KNP) is a protected area situated in the North Eastern part of India. The park is a World Heritage Site and has a very rich ecosystem. KNP is an attractive tourist destination and occupies a significant place in the life and culture of the people living in this part of the country. Conservation of the park started more than a century ago, and local people have often contested such efforts. This is mainly because indigenous people have been facing displacement and deprivation from resources, which they have been using for centuries. Besides deprivation, wild animals often damage their properties and paddy fields. This leads to resentment among local people and become potential cause of grudge in the form of encroachment, poaching, biodiversity loss, and excessive collection of forest products. As a result, conservation measures may fail to deliver desired outcome. This paper tries to examine the gains and losses for living around KNP and assess the park-people relation. We conduct a case study in some periphery villages of the park and find that people have been suffering from difficulty in rearing livestock and loss caused by wild animal. However, people gain from tourism business. Based on the findings we recommend extension of tourism/allied activities and community welfare measures. The findings may be used to derive policy implication for sustainable management of the park.

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