Building Capacity Through Collaborative Research: PROCINORTE's Efforts to Combat African and Classical Swine Fever in the Americas

• Selected 7 applications in January-March 2023 call • Training for Trinidad & Tobago in California Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture The Viral Challenge What are African Swine fever and Classical Swine fever? • Caused by 2 unrelated virus • Both highly contagious • Responsible for serious economic and production losses. [...] • High morbidity and mortality • Major restrictions imposed the-spread-infographic/ Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Transmission What to look for Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Global Situation of ASF (2016-2020) ASF returned to the Caribbean in 2021. [...] Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Major impacts • Job losses • Loss of export markets • Animal mortality • Resource scarcity among low income populations • Loss of animal protein sources • Reduction of vulnerable families’ Photographer: Ricardo Rojas/Reuters/Alamy economic capacity Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture GAPS AND NEEDS IN THE AMERICAS There ar. [...] Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture IICA’s response to the challenge Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Call for Proposals on Animal Health – ASF & CSF in the Americas International Scientific Training and Exchanges Up to US$25,000 Research collaborations Up to US$50,000 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture We approved grants for 7 collab. [...] Slide Number 14 Slide Number 15 Transmission Slide Number 17 Slide Number 18 GAPS AND NEEDS IN THE AMERICAS IICA’s response to the challenge Call for Proposals on Animal Health – ASF & CSF in the Americas Slide Number 22 Slide Number 23 Slide Number 24 ASF Risk Evaluation and Control in Trinidad and Tobago Bridging the knowledge gap in ASF diagnostic and research capability in the Caribbean Capaci.