Article - "Enhancing Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Developing Countries through Compensation: Issues and Good Practice"

It's one thing to say that poor farmers who are forced to kill their poultry to preserve public health should be compensated.

It's another thing to figure out how to do it.

The paper called, "Enhancing Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Developing Countries through Compensation: Issues and Good Practice" from the World Bank, OIE, ARD, FAO, and IFPRI is a thorough document that gives baby steps in the general direction of compensation.

Many people are leaning toward compensating the losses of private citizens to stop the spread of avian influenza, but this can prove difficult for developing countries who do not have the necessary animal health services and funding mechanisms to even start. This document calls for a collaboration among governments, NGOs, the commercial poultry sectors, poultry farmers’ contributions, livestock and livestock market taxes, stakeholders and international donors.

How should these actors work together? In your experience, how DO they work together?

You can download a copy of the paper at: http://www.avianinfluenzaconference4.org/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF_Uploads/HPAI_Compensation_Final_final.pdf

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