Siège de la FAO, Rome, 14 novembre 2006

Conjointement avec la 21 ème session du Groupe intergouvernemental sur la viande et les produits de la FAO, un colloque s'est tenu sur le thème "Symposium concernant les effets de la prévention et de la maîtrise de la grippe aviaire sur les marchés et le commerce international". Cette instance informelle a fourni aux experts et décideurs l'occasion d'examiner d'importantes questions intéressant les industries internationales de la viande.

Papers and presentations

Market impact of avian influenza: theory and practise

• Impact of AI on global markets: an overview (Nancy Morgan - FAO)
• A framework for identifying market and trade impacts of HPAI and its control: theory and empirical findings (Martin Upton - Reading University)
• How do markets respond to disease outbreaks? The differential impact on market participants. Case study presentations (Egypt)
• Case study Turkey
• The hidden costs: impact on livelihoods and households (John Curry, FAO)
• "HPAI: Importance of the crisis, challenges un prevention and control and FAO's response" (J Domenech, J Lubroth, V Martin, FAO, Animal Health Service)
• Policy responses
• Policy choices and institutional options: how do they affect disease costs (Jonathan Rushton, FAO)
• Public/Private Sector Linkages: Issues in maintaining markets for large and small poultry operations. What are the trade-offs? (Robert Burden, Serecon Consulting Company, Canada)

International trade dimensions of animal disease control

• Impact of animal disease on international markets (Merritt Cluff, FAO)
• The risk of AI transmission through breeding stock (Alan Emsley, USA)
• What are the policies needed to minimize market disruption (Sarah Kahn, Head of International Trade Department, OIE)
• Effective communication: a tool for minimizing disruptive market impacts (Katalin DeBalogh , FAO, Animal Health Service)

"Best market practises in mitigating market and trade impacts of animal disease" (Perspective of Panel of Experts)

• Robert Burden (Serecon Consulting Company, Canada)
• Alan Emsley (USA)
• Frands Dolberg (University of Aarhus, Denmark)