Input-Output Analysis: The Case of Foot-And-Mouth Disease in Brazil

Tais Menezes and Marcelo Pereira da Cunha

No 333264, Conference papers from Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

Abstract: Brazil is an important supplier of meat on the international market, occupying the position of largest exporter of beef and fourth largest exporter of pork. As a result, the country increasingly needs to implement measures to ensure compliance with the health requirements imposed by the markets that import these products. A widely discussed issue, in this context, is foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious disease that affects animals with bipartite hooves and causes several restrictions on trade between countries. This paper aims to measure the economic impacts of an outbreak of FMD, from the closure of importing markets for beef and pork from Brazil, using an Input-Output model. The results show that the closing of the international market could cause a reduction in the value of Brazilian production between R$ 7.1 billion and R$ 8.1 billion, a drop in GDP between R$ 2.6 billion and R$ 3 billion, in addition to reducing the number of employed people by 60-70 thousand. These losses are approximately 30 times greater than the budget spent on agricultural defense by the Brazilian government. The results indicate that adverse events to animal health can cause significant socioeconomic losses, showing the importance of maintaining the health of herds in Brazil.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333264/files/10314.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:pugtwp:333264

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Conference papers from Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().