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SUMMARY:Urban livestock keeping in Hanoi: policies\, risks and benefits - 
 Johanna Lindahl\, Intl. Livestock Research Institute\, Uppsala University
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CONTACT:Karen Wong
DESCRIPTION:J Lindahl\, LT Pham\, TT Nguyen\, F Jakobsen\, HV Nguyen\n\nUr
 banization does not only mean that more people move to cities\, they also 
 bring a demand for more food\, and particularly the growing middle-income 
 classes desire animal products. The reason why people in cities keep lives
 tock may vary\; some have always kept animals and either bring them or obt
 ain new in the cities. For others\, it may be a way of securing extra inco
 mes\, either to meet the growing demands of the city or to sustain their o
 wn families.\nUrban livestock typically follow the trend of the region as 
 a whole: in Kenya\, ruminants predominates both in cities and in pastoral 
 areas\, whereas the upsurge of pig production in Vietnam means that pigs a
 re also important in cities. This paper focuses on describing the urban li
 vestock keeping in Hanoi\, the capital of Vietnam. \nOut of 30 districts i
 n Hanoi city\, 5 does not have any livestock reported at all\, and these a
 re the 5 districts with the highest human density\, more than 20\,000 huma
 ns per km2. The rest of the districts all have less than 10\,000 humans pe
 r km2\, but these districts may have as many as 1\,600 pigs or 14\,000 pou
 ltry per km2. There are increasing regulations prohibiting livestock keepi
 ng in the most central districts\, which is reflected in the reporting\, b
 ut this also causes a risk of that livestock in those districts are not re
 ported. The trend of livestock farms is however not decreasing\, and betwe
 en 2014 and 2015\, the number increased according to the Sub-Department of
  Animal Health (Sub-DAH) of Hanoi. \nWhile there is regular vector sprayin
 g in the city\, there is no knowledge about how vector presence is affecte
 d by livestock keeping. Leptospira is recognized as an important zoonosis\
 , but no rodent control is organized. Rabies is one of the priority diseas
 es\, and the Sub-DAH works on eradicating it in certain urban districts. H
 owever\, extensive trade of dogs and other livestock make disease control 
 difficult. In conclusion\, urban livestock in Hanoi is there to stay and w
 e need more data on its contribution to public health risks for effective 
 management. \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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