Brief description | Prevention of classical swine fever (CSF) spreading in the cross-border region through improvements to sanitary standards and education of farmers. |
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Region | Intra Western Balkan borders |
Countries | Croatia (HR) – Serbia (SRB) |
Location | HR: Osijek-Baranja County; Municipalities of Erdut, Bilje, Draž, Popovac, Čeminac, Magadenovac and Semeljci SRB: Južnobački and Sremski District; City of Novi Sad; Municipalities of Bač, Bačka Palanka, Šid, Ruma, Sremska Mitrovica |
Type of project partners | Regional government units Public bodies/institutions |
Size (total budget including EU grants) | € 200,000 to € 500,000 |
Main themes | Agriculture and rural development |
Keywords (Types of Activities) | Study visits, exchanges and networking Education and training Conferences/major events Construction, repairs, cleaning up Other |
Keywords (Aspects of Good Practice) | Genuine cross-border dimension Genuine cross-border impact Innovative Good sustainability |
Background and Objectives | The project aimed to reduce the risk of classical swine fever (CSF) appearance amongst family pig farms and to prevent the spread of the disease by:
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Main activities | Three main groups of activities were carried out as part of this project: 1. Education of farmers, hunters, owners and workers in slaughterhouses, owners of transportation vehicles, veterinary personnel and others through:
2. Installation of disinfection barriers on family pig farms in the border region (22 on the Croatian and 18 on the Serbian side). Preparation for this activity involved compiling data on small pig farmers in the project implementation area. After the data were collected, it was possible to develop criteria for selecting farms for the installation of disinfection barriers. 3. Organisation of an International Scientific Conference on CSF, with leading researchers from Croatia and Serbia and from all of the surrounding countries. |
Main results | The activities of the project were successfully carried out and resulted in positive outcomes.
The project educated, through workshops, 574 participants (farmers, veterinary doctors, et al) on the topics of CSF and bio-safety measures. The International Conference held on 7 and 8 June 2012 in Novi Sad was graded very highly and its substantial proceedings were published. The construction of the disinfection barriers achieved a significant improvement of sanitary standards on family farms. The grant beneficiaries performed follow-up and check-up of installed barriers in the second half of 2013 and all barriers were still in use. Some farmers have increased production and one third of them are in process of investing in increase of production. The most important overall result of the project is that the CSF is successfully prevented. No CSF outbreak case has been registered on the Croatian side of the cross-border area and on the Serbian side steps have been taken that lead to the uplifting of vaccination of pigs against CSF which is the main requirement for meeting EU standards in this aspect. |
Aspects of good practice |
“STOP CSF” is a project with genuine cross-border impact and with excellent sustainability, especially through the disinfection barriers that contribute to the prevention of CSF and represent a solid and long lasting outcome of the project. The partnership of the main project beneficiaries has continued, including new joint projects, and, moreover, some other 30 initiatives for new projects and other means of cooperation between various stakeholders of the cross-border area emulated “STOP CSF”. |
Start and completion dates: |
January 2011 – July 2012
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More information | http://www.croatia-serbia.com/en/projects-a-partners/1st-call-for-proposals/item/172-prevention-of-csf-spreading-in-cross-border-region-through-improvements-of-sanitary-standards-and-education-of-farmers-stop-csf
http://www.evropa.gov.rs/CBC/PublicSite/Project.aspx?ProjectId=269 |
Partner | Osijek-Baranja County, www.obz.hr Ms Silva Wendling, Head of Department for Agriculture and Rural Development of Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia Email: silva.wendling@obz.hr |
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Partner | Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”, Serbia http://niv.ns.ac.rs Dr Sava Lazić, Email: lazic@niv.ns.ac.rs |