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Farmer attitudes to risk based trading scheme for cattle in England - SE3048
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Description
The overall objective of the work is to provide socio-economic evidence to the TB Risk-Based Trading Working Group (subsequently referred to as the Working Group or WG) on the chances of success of different forms of risk-based trading schemes for cattle in England. This will be determined with reference to the anticipated degree of uptake of the scheme, bearing in mind that initially at least, the intention is that it would be established on a voluntary basis. A further consideration would be the degree to which the trading practices of farmers buying or selling cattle were changed as a result of its introduction. In both these respects, it is likely that views may differ between buyers and sellers, according to business type and trading activities and according to the prevailing disease risk in their respective locations. An iterative work plan is proposed that takes account of these variables so that the evidence that will be provided to the Working Group will be as detailed as possible, given the scale and the time constraints of the project. The three key research activities to be undertaken to gather this evidence will be focus groups, personal interviews and telephone surveys of farmers. |
Objective
1. Focus Groups - to provide an in-depth exploration of farmers’ attitudes toward a TB riskbased trading scheme for cattle 2. Personal Interviews - to primarily ascertain the views of industry stakeholders,including vets towards a TB risk-based trading scheme for cattle 3. Telephone surveys - of up to 200 cattle (dairy and beef) farmers to gather a wider range of views and attitudes. |
Project Documents
FRP - Final Report : se3048 final report
(419k)
ANX - Annex : se3048 Annex 1- 4
(689k)
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Time-Scale and Cost
From:
2012
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To:
2012
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Cost: £48,192 |
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Contractor / Funded Organisations
A D A S UK Ltd (ADAS) |
Keywords
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Fields of Study
Animal Health |