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Recommendations regarding ASF control

 For a successful control of ASF, additional national measures are needed that focus on the risk posed by backyard production.
 Implementing and enforcing EU measures especially in backyard holdings are key for the control of future outbreaks. The Romanian
government should strongly improve both the registration of holdings and animals, and the biosecurity awareness and approach on
backyard farms.
 In order to effectively enforce regulation, human capacity needs to be enlarged substantially
 An analysis of different options to reduce spreading of ASF in Romania shows that collaboration between commercial and backyard farms
would be an interesting option to reduce the risk of further spreading of ASF. This is even more important, as a transport ban is out of
the control of commercial farmers; solutions should be found jointly with other players in the vicinity. We recommend to further
elaborate the presented options.
 Collaboration between the private commercial sector and competent authorities is vital for an effective containment of the disease.
A shared sense of urgency, political will, additional funding and collaboration between the private sector and the government are needed
to implement a strategy to limit the impact of ASF for the Romanian pig industry for the years to come.
 To further elaborate a control strategy for ASF, as economic losses are huge, not only for individual farmers, but also on national level.
The import dependency for pig meat has risen and is likely to further rise, as long as ASF is not under control.

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