Triatmojo Agung, Guntoro Budi, Strausz Péter, Muzayyanah Mujtahidah Anggriani Ummul, Agustiar Robi, Kusza Szilvia
Department of Livestock Socioeconomics, Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.
Department of Management, Institute of Strategy and Management, Corvinus University of Budapest, 1093 Budapest, Hungary.
Vet Sci. 2025 Jun 3;12(6):542. doi: 10.3390/vetsci12060542.
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) poses significant challenges to livestock management and agricultural economies worldwide. This study examines the effect of farmers' sociodemographic factors on livestock infected with Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and analyzes its socioeconomic impact on smallholder farmers in Indonesia. This study collected data from 992 households (202 infected and 790 non-infected) in the special region of Yogyakarta province. The research used propensity score matching (PSM) treatment effect analysis to assess the socioeconomic impact of FMD outbreaks on smallholder farmers. Our results demonstrated that FMD significantly increased ( < 0.01) smallholder farmers' social behavior, including knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP). Furthermore, farmers whose animals are already infected with FMD must spend an additional IDR 258,000 to IDR 270,000 on treatment compared to non-infected ones. This study provides empirical evidence that farmer characteristics, including women's decision-making, income, farming group, and cattle ownership, determine the likelihood of FMD infection, which implies that farmers with specific characteristics may heighten the risk of FMD infection. We concluded that FMD has changed social behavior and accelerated economic loss for smallholder farmers. Hence, farmers with animals at risk of FMD infection are prioritized in FMD control programs.
口蹄疫给全球畜牧业管理和农业经济带来了重大挑战。本研究考察了农民的社会人口统计学因素对口蹄疫感染牲畜的影响，并分析了其对印度尼西亚小农户的社会经济影响。本研究收集了日惹省特别行政区992户家庭（202户感染，790户未感染）的数据。该研究采用倾向得分匹配（PSM）处理效应分析来评估口蹄疫疫情对小农户的社会经济影响。我们的结果表明，口蹄疫显著增加（<0.01）了小农户的社会行为，包括知识、态度和实践（KAP）。此外，与未感染口蹄疫的农户相比，其牲畜已感染口蹄疫的农户在治疗上必须额外花费25.8万至27万印尼盾。本研究提供了实证证据，表明农民特征，包括女性决策、收入、农业群体和牲畜所有权，决定了口蹄疫感染的可能性，这意味着具有特定特征的农民可能会增加口蹄疫感染风险。我们得出结论，口蹄疫改变了社会行为并加速了小农户的经济损失。因此，在口蹄疫防控计划中，优先考虑其牲畜有口蹄疫感染风险的农户。
