Socio-economic Benefits of Rinderpest Eradication from Ethiopia and Kenya
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2010-03Authors
African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources
Omiti, John
Irungu, Patrick
AU-IBAR
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Abstract
This study sought to evaluate the costs and benefits of rinderpest eradication from Ethiopia and
Kenya. The study used primary data collected through interviews with key informants in
Ethiopia and Kenya. Secondary data were also used. In particular, FAOSTAT (2010) cattle
population data were used due to lack of consistent country level series covering the study
period (1968-2008). Due to the aggregated nature of FAOSTAT data, it was imperative to
make assumptions on the data to facilitate the computation of benefits of rinderpest eradication.
As far as possible such assumptions were backed up by relevant literature. The costs and
benefits of rinderpest eradication were evaluated under a social cost-benefit framework.