- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Energy and Environment Impacts
Asian Development Bank Institute
2023
The University of Tokyo
2021-2022
Mongolian University of Life Sciences
2016
Infectious animal diseases have become prevalent occasionally in developing countries due to their weak health system and hinder potential of livestock product exports. Mongolia since the early 2000s has experienced frequent outbreaks foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that result prolonged quarantine affected areas. Difference-in-Differences estimates suggest herders zones had smaller herds, especially cattle herd after quarantine. We also observe a significant decrease byproduct sales revenue...
This study examines the effect of seasonality by utilizing original individual, household level energy intake panel dataset three rounds surveys from rural lowland farmers in Central Highlands Madagascar. Household’s food consumption revealed 24-hour recall was converted to per person using adult male equivalent measure. We employed a fixed effects model and found that seasonally significantly affects negatively on sufficiency rate during lean season. In season, tend substitute roots tubers...
In this paper we utilize a nationwide dataset on plot-level rangeland health, which has not been used in previous studies the economic impact of degradation Mongolia. Taking account typical reverse causality between grass condition and pastoralists' activities, adopt 2SLS instrumental variable approach to identify farm performance welfare. We find that causes significant decrease livestock product sales, income, total paid-out costs. But do observe profit income households.