HPAI Control Measures and Household Incomes in Viet Nam
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A broad array of HPAI control measures are being considered for the poultry sector in Viet Nam. Because the poor are highly represented in this country’s poultry production, any national strategy for intervention in this sector needs to take careful account of their welfare. The following figure shows that income from poultry production has an important equity effect in the Vietnamese economy, as this source is much more equally distributed than total income.
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