Dr Bouda Vosough Ahmadi

Veterinarian · Economist · Global Strategy & Investment Adviser

From One Health evidence to One Decision.

I help governments, international organisations and animal-health companies decide what to prioritise, fund and implement — using economics, epidemiology and market intelligence.

years of experience
20+

years of experience

peer-reviewed publications
38+

peer-reviewed publications

CABI books
3

CABI books

Work with

FAO · World Bank · WOAH · European Commission · UK government institutions

Featured impact

Three assignments where evidence changed a decision.

Asia-Pacific

FMD SAT1 economic assessment

Challenge
A new FMD serotype spreading with no comparable economic evidence.
Contribution
Lead contributing author, rapid economic impact assessment across 33 countries (FAO, 2026).
Decision influenced
Preparedness prioritisation and emergency investment by FAO and national veterinary services.

East Asia & Pacific

Low-emission livestock

Challenge
Growing livestock output while meeting climate and food-security goals.
Contribution
Contributing author to the World Bank report on low-emission, sustainable livestock.
Decision influenced
Policy sequencing options tailored to each country's development stage.

European Union

IFM-CAP farm model

Challenge
Assessing CAP reform across radically different European farms.
Contribution
Co-author of the EU-wide individual farm model covering 83,292 representative farms (JRC).
Decision influenced
Distributional analysis of CAP reform and greening measures at farm level.

A perspective

One Health shows us how animal, human and environmental health connect. The harder question is what to do about it — which risk to prioritise, which intervention to fund, and how to act under uncertainty. I call that One Decision.

Venture in development

Syntera — decision intelligence for animal health.

A decision-intelligence platform in development, connecting trusted animal-health, livestock, economic and trade data with tested analytical methods and expert judgement.

  • Trusted data, connected

    Animal-health, livestock, economic and trade data in one analytical frame.

  • Expert and AI-assisted analysis

    Tested economic methods combined with expert judgement.

  • Decision-ready outputs

    Ranked options, quantified trade-offs and explicit uncertainty.

Analysts reviewing a global disease and trade map

Bring economic evidence into your next decision.

Available for selected advisory engagements, research partnerships, investment analysis, speaking and expert-panel or board roles.