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Exploring safety and health concerns with urban and peri-urban livestock production in the city of Managua, Nicaragua

Carter, Cora J
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543545706715605

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2018, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Agricultural and Extension Education.
More than half of the world today lives in urban areas. By 2050, this percentage is expected to reach 66 percent. As the shift toward urbanization occurs, individuals begin to participate in urban livestock production to supplement their diets with animal protein. Urban livestock production presents a myriad of challenges, including zoonotic disease and risk of bodily harm. An exploratory study, utilizing a concurrent triangulation mixed methods approach, was designed to identify management practices that impact overall safety and health of livestock producers in Managua, Nicaragua. Through quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, and researcher observations, the data were collected and analyzed in an 18-month U.S. Borlaug Fellowship in Global Food Security, sponsored by USAID. Immersed in the culture, the researcher interacted with 100 urban and peri-urban livestock owners. Guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior, the study protocol used personal attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control as a structure for identifying themes within urban and peri-urban livestock production. The themes related to producers’ attitudes were safety, diseases and parasites, cleanliness, and enjoyment. Themes related to subjective norms were experts, family, other livestock producers, and neighbors. Perceived behavioral control themes were authority, knowledge, access, and income. Results found urban livestock producers think first of the safety and health of the animals, then of their family, a strong motivator. Producers would like to perform safe and healthy livestock handling procedures, but do not have the knowledge to improve safety and health. Income is also a limiting factor. Intention to perform safe and healthy livestock handling procedures is primarily limited by the producer’s perceived control combined with actual control. Through researcher interaction during Phase 1 the livestock producers expressed interest in learning more about livestock production practices that would improve their overall livestock operations. As a result, during Phase 2, train-the-trainer workshop guides were created. A One Health approach was taken during curriculum development, including materials that took a holistic approach to caring for the human, animal, and the environment. The topics were in Animal Health and Animal Quality Care, with the aim of increasing the producers’ overall knowledge in quality assurance of animal production. These materials were completed, and distributed to in-country partners for implementation. The production of livestock within the city limits brings many challenges. Yet, the producers are interested in learning more about raising livestock in the most safe and healthy way possible, for both themselves and their communities. Train-the-trainer guides make use of the urban livestock producer’s network to reach more Nicaraguan urban livestock owners, creating a culture of livestock production safety and health.
Shelly Dee Jepsen (Advisor)
Mary Rodriguez (Committee Member)
166 p.
Agricultural Education; Agriculture; Animal Sciences
international agriculture; urban agriculture; international development; agricultural development; UPA; agricultural extension education; international extension; livestock production; urban livestock

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  • Carter, C. J. (2018). Exploring safety and health concerns with urban and peri-urban livestock production in the city of Managua, Nicaragua [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543545706715605

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Carter, Cora. Exploring safety and health concerns with urban and peri-urban livestock production in the city of Managua, Nicaragua. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543545706715605.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Carter, Cora. "Exploring safety and health concerns with urban and peri-urban livestock production in the city of Managua, Nicaragua." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543545706715605

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