safe food, fair food: summary of findings within sheep value chains in the ethiopian highlands
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Presented by Barbara Rischkowsky, Tamsin Dewe and Krstina Rosel at the Multi-stakeholder Workshop for Targeting Action Research on Small Ruminant Value Chains in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 14th-15th March 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Safe Food, Fair Food: Summary of findings within sheep value
chains in the Ethiopian HighlandsBarbara Rischkowsky, Tamsin Dewé, Kristina Rösel,
Multi-stakeholder Workshop for Targeting Action Research on Small Ruminant Value Chains in EthiopiaAddis Ababa, 14th-15th March 2013
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Safe Food, Fair Food
Protecting the health of poor consumers
and Safeguarding livelihoods of poor livestock
keepers and other value chain actors
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Background
Looking at risks to food safety and nutrition within sheep and goat value chains
Trying to identify opportunities for further research and intervention
Ultimate goal is to ensure adequate intake of safe and nutritious foods, while protecting the livelihoods of poor value chain actors
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Activities
Rapid assessment conducted alongside rapid VCA at each site
Participatory rural appraisals (PRAs) with producer and consumer groups at Doyogena, Horro and Menz
Focus group discussions (FGDs) with mothers of young children at Doyogena and Horro
Topics included animal health, consumption patterns, food preparation, and perceptions of quality and safety of sheep meat
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Results: all sites
Animal health– Disease was an important
constraint on production at all sites
– Respiratory disease, ‘bottle jaw’ and diarrhoea were major causes of morbidity and mortality
Photo credit: Grit/Suzanne Cox
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Results: all sites
Sheep meat consumption patterns– Peaks at major national and religious festivals– Low in intervening periods
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Results: all sites
Risks to safety of sheep meat– Emergency slaughter and consumption of
diseased animals occurs– Consumption of raw or lightly cooked meat
or offal occurs Risk mitigation
– Smell, colour and texture used to assess quality and safety
– Cooking ‘suspect’ meat thoroughly Nutritional issues
– Lack of meat in the diet
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Results: Doyogena Sick animals Deaths
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Results: Doyogena
Risky food practices– Emergency slaughter and consumption of
animals with grain overload– Albendazole residues in meat due to use
during fattening– Fresh meat stored until next day– Consumption of dulet
Risk-mitigating practices– No consumption of animals with other
diseases– Careful slaughter practices to avoid
contamination– Lesions are trimmed from meat and the
remainder is boiled– Meat that might be a health risk is boiled
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Results: Horro Sick animals Deaths
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Results: Horro
Photo credits: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu
Risky food practices– Consumption of lightly cooked meat
Risk-mitigating practices– Avoiding trauma and stress to the
animal before slaughter– Careful butchering to keep offal and
muscle meat separate– Meat that might be a health risk is
boiled
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Results: Menz Sick animals Deaths
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Results: Menz
Risky food practices– Emergency slaughter and consumption of
animals with specific diseases– Eating of dulet and lightly cooked meat
Risk-mitigating practices– Meat is consumed quickly after slaughter,
or preserved– Dark or foul-smelling meat is not
consumed– Meat that might be a health risk is boiled
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Conclusions
Interventions in animal health are required
Risky consumption practices occur at all sites but are often mitigated by thorough cooking
Better if all meat and offal is well-cooked - some loss of nutritional quality, but large reduction in risks
Infrequent meat consumption probably represents greater risk to nutritional status than to food safety
Improving the economic status of households is the first step towards increased meat consumption
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Safe Food, Fair Food
Tamsin Dewé, Consultant [email protected]
Kristina Rösel, Project [email protected]
All photo credits to ILRI/ Tamsin Dewé unless otherwise indicated