Participatory process to design community-driven solutions for reducing antibiotic use in chicken production in Vietnam

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dc.creatorBâtie, C.
dc.creatorLuong Hung Nam
dc.creatorAnh Ta Phuong
dc.creatorTrang Thi Pham
dc.creatorMolia, S.
dc.creatorPhuc Pham Duc
dc.creatorGoutard, F.
dc.date2025-10-28
dc.date2025-10-29T11:47:37Z
dc.date2025-10-29T11:47:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T17:06:38Z
dc.descriptionInternational organizations emphasize the urgent need to reduce antibiotic use to combat antimicrobial resistance, including in livestock farming. Technical, regulatory, and awareness-raising strategies exist, but they often fail due to a misalignment with farmers’ realities. We hypothesize that actively engaging communities in the design of solutions will more effectively reduce antibiotic usage. We have therefore adapted and applied the ImpresS ex ante approach (impact of research in the South), to co-design solutions with stakeholders from the chicken and veterinary value chain at a local level in Vietnam. Eighteen participants (chicken farmers, drug sellers’ representatives, public and private veterinarians, a chicken retailer, and academic staff), working at the communal, district, or provincial level, were involved in three half-day workshops organized in Thai Nguyen province in April 2022. Through this participatory process, participants collectively envisioned a 10-year future with reduced antibiotic use in chicken farms. They identified barriers including the lack of outlets for organic meat products, lack of knowledge and awareness of biosecurity and organic farming, low compliance of small-scale farms with biosecurity, and lack of science and technology related to alternative products. Participants decided to address “knowledge gaps” barrier. They have designed two strategies to improve the training of farmers and drug sellers, so that it is closer to the chicken value chain realities and reaches a greater audience. In this study, we identify systemic barriers to reducing antibiotic use, while recommending practical solutions. We also advocate the need to include locally-developed solutions in the national action plan on antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam and to involve policy-makers in participatory processes to design effective strategies.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/177401
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/142482
dc.languageen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBâtie, C., Luong Hung Nam, Anh Ta Phuong, Trang Thi Pham, Molia, S., Phuc Pham Duc and Goutard, F. 2025. Participatory process to design community-driven solutions for reducing antibiotic use in chicken production in Vietnam. PLOS ONE 20(10): e0335184.
dc.subjectanimal production
dc.subjectantimicrobial resistance
dc.subjectchickens
dc.subjectpoultry
dc.titleParticipatory process to design community-driven solutions for reducing antibiotic use in chicken production in Vietnam
dc.typeJournal Article

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