Exploring the adoption of food safety measures in smallholder dairy systems in Ethiopia: implications for food safety and public health

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food Security Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI:10.1007/s12571-024-01439-y

Ndungu S. Nyokabi, Lilian Korir, Johanna F. Lindahl, Lisette Phelan, Gizachew Gemechu, Stefan Berg, Adane Mihret, James L. N. Wood, Henrietta L. Moore

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Milk is highly perishable and can be a conduit for the transmission of zoonotic foodborne pathogens. This cross-sectional survey involving 159 farming households and 18 participant observations in participating farms was undertaken in Addis Ababa and surrounding areas in Oromia, Ethiopia to assess the adoption of food safety measures in smallholder farms. Adoption of food safety measures at the farm level influences milk quality and safety across the entire milk value chain, from “grass to glass”. This study considered the adoption of 36 different food safety measures (FSM) including animal health, milking hygiene, hygienic milk storage, and hygienic milking premises. A weighted food safety index (FSI, ranging from 0 to 100) was calculated for each household based on FSM adopted. Ordinary Least Squares linear regression was used to quantify the factors of FSM adoption by smallholder farmers. The overall food safety index ranged between 59.97—60.75. A majority of farmers may be classified as moderate adopters of FSM (index ranging between 30–70%). Farm and farmers’ characteristics such as herd size, farmer’s education level, farmer’s expertise in dairying, and participation of the farm in the formal milk value- chain, were shown to positively influence the level of adoption of FSM. Low farm-level adoption of FSM has food safety and public health implications as it can lead to milk contamination and, therefore, expose consumers to foodborne diseases. There is an imperative for policymakers to design and implement policies and intervention strategies that lead to increased farmer training related to livestock production and awareness of the important role that FSM adoption can play in improving food safety and public health.

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探索埃塞俄比亚小农奶业系统采用食品安全措施的情况：对食品安全和公共卫生的影响

牛奶极易变质，可能成为人畜共患病食源性病原体的传播渠道。这项横断面调查在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴和奥罗米亚周边地区进行，涉及 159 个农户和 18 个参与观察的牧场，目的是评估小农牧场采用食品安全措施的情况。在牧场层面采取食品安全措施会影响从 "草地到玻璃 "整个牛奶价值链中的牛奶质量和安全。本研究考虑了 36 种不同食品安全措施（FSM）的采用情况，包括动物健康、挤奶卫生、牛奶卫生储存和挤奶场所卫生。根据采用的食品安全措施，为每个家庭计算了加权食品安全指数（FSI，从 0 到 100）。普通最小二乘法线性回归用于量化小农采用食品安全管理的因素。总体食品安全指数介于 59.97-60.75 之间。大多数农户可归类为食品安全管理的中等采用者（指数在 30-70% 之间）。牧场和牧场主的特征，如牧群规模、牧场主的教育水平、牧场主在乳业方面的专业知识以及牧场在正规牛奶价值链中的参与程度，都对采用 FSM 的水平有积极影响。牧场采用 FSM 的水平低会对食品安全和公共卫生产生影响，因为这会导致牛奶污染，从而使消费者面临食源性疾病的威胁。政策制定者必须制定并实施相关政策和干预战略，以加强对农民的畜牧生产培训，并使其认识到采用无害环境管理对改善食品安全和公共卫生的重要作用。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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14.00

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.