Global consultation on African swine fever control
Hybrid Event, 12/12/2023 - 14/12/2023
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), is organizing a global consultation on African swine fever (ASF) control from 12 to 14 December 2023 at FAO's headquarters in Rome. ASF has spread to over 50 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific, and the Caribbean since 2007. It has had devastating impacts on pig production, the livelihoods of millions of farmers, stakeholders along pork value chains, affected food prices, national economies, and global food security.
The meeting, held in hybrid form, will bring together experts, policymakers, risk managers, and other stakeholders to discuss the latest science and knowledge on ASF, share lessons learned from different regions and production systems, and discuss latest developments in tools for decision support and control.
The global consultation will cover five main areas (as below):
- ASF epidemiology insights.
- Progress in surveillance and diagnostics.
- Building resilient and sustainable pig sectors.
- Biosecurity and risk reduction.
- Update on vaccine development and the role of vaccination.
The recommendations from the meeting will provide science and evidence-based recommendations for update of policy and decision-making for ASF prevention and control.
DAY 1
Meeting objectives and expected results
Andriy Rozstalnyy, FAO
Current situation and efforts to control African swine fever (ASF)
Gregorio Torres, WOAH
African swine fever epidemiology – drivers of infection in different production systems and value chain: focus on Africa
Mary Louise Penrith, University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa
ASF epidemiology paradox: what we learnt and where gaps are
Klaus Depner, FLI, Germany
Transmission dynamics in different production and value chain systems
Dirk Pfeiffer, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), the People's Republic of China
African swine ecology in wild boar
Vittorio Guberti, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Italy
Challenges and solutions for early detection of ASF
Edvīns Oļševskis, Veterinary Surveillance Department, Latvia
DAY 2
How small-scale low biosecurity sector be transformed into a more biosecure sustained system? The case of Uganda
Michel Dione, International Livestock Research Institute (IRLI), Senegal
United States of America experience in preventing ASF and other foreign diseases
Amy Delgado, Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Biosecurity self-assessment at farm level: experience of BioCheck application chain systems (virtual
presentation)
Jeroen Dewulf, University of Ghent, Belgium
The Progressive Management Pathway-Terrestrial Animal Biosecurity (PMP-TAB)
Madhur Dhingra, FAO
Developing World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) standards for African Swine Fever Modified Live Vaccines WOAHChris Oura
DAY 3
South Korean experience of controlling ASF in wild boar
Jinwoo Ki, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), the Republic of Korea
The economic burden of ASF over the last 17 years (2017-2023) - virtual presentation
Damian Tago Pacheco, FAO
Christian Elleby, European Commission (EC)
OutCosT – A tool to support countries in planning emergency responseDaniel Beltran Alcrudo, FAO
Compartments for African swine fever in Asia
Matthew Stone, SPADE Solutions