Publications
Books, chapters and research on animal health economics.
Editor of three CABI volumes, with 107 entries on Google Scholar spanning journal articles, books, reports and conference contributions on animal health economics, disease control and policy. The indexed total includes duplicate records.
CABI edited volumes
Three books on the economics of animal health, welfare and farm-level policy modelling.
Foundations of Animal Health Investment: Shaping Global Strategies
Lead editor · CABI Concise, 2026
Investing in Animal Health for Sustainable Development series.
Why it matters — The first accessible playbook for pricing animal health as an investable asset class — for DFIs, ministries and private capital alike.
The Economics of Farm Animal Welfare: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Co-editor · CABI, 2020
With Dominic Moran and Rick D'Eath.
Why it matters — Reframes welfare from a moral debate into a measurable market and policy variable — used across EU and UK subsidy design.
Farm-level Modelling: Techniques, Applications and Policy
Co-editor · CABI, 2016
With Shailesh Shrestha and Andrew Barnes.
Why it matters — The reference toolkit for bio-economic modelling in agricultural policy — still cited across CAP reform and livestock analysis.
Forthcoming · CABI Concise · Volume 2
Animal Health Investment in Practice: Economic Lessons from Major Livestock Diseases
Accepted for preparation as the second volume in the Investing in Animal Health for Sustainable Development series.
Selected reports & policy publications
Contributions to flagship international reports shaping livestock, climate and animal-health investment policy.
Advancing Low Emission and Sustainable Livestock in the East Asia and Pacific Region
Challenges and Opportunities
Contributing author
Why it matters — Frames the triple dividend of low-emission livestock — food security, climate resilience and public health — with policy sequencing tailored to each country's development stage.
The EU-wide individual farm model for Common Agricultural Policy analysis (IFM-CAP v.1)
Design, mathematical structure and CAP post-2013 assessment
Co-author
Why it matters — First EU-wide farm-level micro-simulation model — 83,292 FADN farms — used to assess the distributional impact of CAP reform and greening across the European farm population.
Rapid economic impact assessment of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype SAT1 spread in Asia and the Pacific
Implications for preparedness, prioritization and investment
Lead contributing author
Why it matters — Standardised 33-country economic assessment showing regional losses could reach USD 6 billion annually — direct input into FAO and country preparedness investment decisions.
Research themes
Transboundary animal diseases
Economics of FMD, bTB, PPR, RVF and HPAI — control strategies, vaccination programmes and trade impacts.
Decision support & modelling
Cost-benefit analysis, partial equilibrium and dynamic programming, Monte Carlo uncertainty, linear and operational research.
Policy & investment appraisal
One Health ROI, development finance appraisal for livestock, SADC trade intelligence and SPS analysis.
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