The first and the greatest focus of the project is a study to determine the risks of disease spread in the pork production chain. In the framework of cooperation with the State Consumer Service, a survey among 550 market players (industrial farms, households, hunting grounds, territorial authorities of the competent authority, private veterinarians and harvesters) to assess the risks of swine diseases, including African swine fever. The study will also examine the use of antimicrobial agents in war situations.
"In order to form a set of tools necessary to support the industry in a critical period, we need to operate with real data. And not only from industrial producers, but from all pork market players involved in growing, transporting, slaughtering and selling the final product, as well as control of these processes. Therefore, the first step is to assess the risks in order to correctly build a work algorithm and reduce them accordingly. This information will help to build programs for the development of the industry and integration of domestic pork market into the EU markets in terms of animal health in the postwar period ", the AUPB commented.
The Association Ukranian Pig Breeders is a non-profit, voluntary organization founded by domestic pork producers. The main objectives of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of the association farms, assistance in the development and introduction of new technologies for the efficient production of pork, the expansion of markets, and protection of domestic markets.
