Agenda and Background Note

Background note and provisional agenda  English  French  Spanish

Workshop presentations

  Audio:  Listen to Session 1 and 2

  Session 1:  Measuring the benefits, costs and distributional effects of adopting better food safety practices

• Applying economic analysis to food safety interventions:  An overview, Spencer Henson, Professor, International Food Economy Research Group, University of Guelph, Canada and Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

• Measuring the benefits and costs of FDA food safety regulations: 15 years of experience, David Zorn, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration

  Session 2:   Costs and benefits of the prevention and control of animal diseases in "peace time" and in response to outbreaks

• Costs of national prevention systems for animal diseases and zoonoses: A systemic perspective, Frank Alleweldt, Managing Director, Civic Consulting (on behalf of the OIE)

• Economic impact of foot and mouth control and eradication in the Philippines, Reildrin Morales, Chief, Disease Control Section, Bureau of Animal Industry, the Philippines

• Taking a value chain approach in economic analysis for Avian Influenza, Nicoline de Haan, Socio-economics Coordinator, Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases, FAO

  Audio:  Listen to Session 3 and 4 and the closing remarks

  Session 3:   Assessing the economic effects of investing in plant health control programmes

• Use of economics in pest and disease management, Douglas Birnie, Director, Policy and Risk Management Directorate, Biosecurity New Zealand, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (delivered by Richard Ivess, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand)

• Cost Benefit Analysis of the Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Project in Belize, Hernan Zetina, Coordinator, Medfly Programme, Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA)

• Quantifying investments in fruit fly research and development in the Asia-Pacific region, Paul Vitolovich, Manager SPS Section & Special Advisor, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,  Australia

  Session 4:   Incorporating economic analysis into SPS decision-making in practice

• Integrating economics with risk assessment to inform SPS decisions, Clare Narrod, Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• Tools and approaches to use economic analysis in SPS decision-making, Spencer Henson, Professor, International Food Economy Research Group, University of Guelph, Canada and Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Relevant documents

Guidelines on the Use of Economic Analysis to Inform SPS-Related Decision-Making, Executive Summary  English  French  Spanish

Guidelines on the Use of Economic Analysis to Inform SPS-Related Decision-Making, prepared by Spencer Henson and Oliver Masakure

OIE. 2007. Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide. Economic analysis – Prevention versus outbreak costs. Final Report. Part 1. Prepared by Agra CEAS Consulting

OIE. 2009. Cost of National Prevention Systems for Animal Diseases and Zoonoses in Developing and Transition Countries. Prepared by Civic Consulting on behalf of the OIE

Lindner B. and McLeod P. 2008. A review and impact assessment of ACIAR’s fruit-fly research partnerships, 1984–2007

GISP. 2008 A Toolkit for the Economic Analysis of Invasive Species. Prepared by L. Emerton and G. Howard for the Global invasive Species Programme (GISP)