Budget Advocacy:Manual - Revision history

Catriona: /* Monitoring performance over time */

2015-04-29T05:03:25Z

‎Monitoring performance over time

Catriona: /* The economic effects of disease */

2015-04-28T09:13:18Z

‎The economic effects of disease

Catriona: /* 4.3 Gross margins analysis */

2015-04-28T08:32:12Z

‎4.3 Gross margins analysis

Catriona: /* The benefits of animal health activities */

2014-07-19T10:00:25Z

‎The benefits of animal health activities

Catriona: /* The economic effects of disease */

2014-07-19T09:58:52Z

‎The economic effects of disease

Catriona: /* The economic process of animal diseases */

2014-07-19T09:57:44Z

‎The economic process of animal diseases

Catriona: /* Monitoring performance over time */

2014-07-19T09:56:07Z

‎Monitoring performance over time

Catriona: /* Using performance indicators to support budget requests = */

2014-07-19T09:55:24Z

‎Using performance indicators to support budget requests =

Catriona: /* Estimating and comparing performance indicators */

2014-07-19T09:53:50Z

‎Estimating and comparing performance indicators

Catriona at 04:06, 18 July 2014

2014-07-18T04:06:24Z

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 If the staff levels have not changed during this time then this information from the performance indicator could be used to support a budget request to increase staff numbers.
-Additionally, if the periods of larger decreases and increases corresponded to staff holidays, staff being away and returning respectively, then this could provide more support for your budget request.}}
+Additionally, if the periods of larger decreases and increases corresponded to staff holidays, staff being away and returning respectively, then this could provide more support for your budget request.
-{{example|If the following year your response report performance indicator looked like the graph below, you may be able to use this to support advocacy for continuation of the current level of budget opposed to a budget cutback (performance will fall further if there are cutbacks). This may be especially useful if cutbacks are being planned.}}
+If the following year your response report performance indicator looked like the graph below, you may be able to use this to support advocacy for continuation of the current level of budget opposed to a budget cutback (performance will fall further if there are cutbacks). This may be especially useful if cutbacks are being planned.}}
 [[File:Monitoring performance over time2.png|500px|center|Monitoring performance over time]]

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 * the costs of treatment or prevention (drugs, vaccine)
 * the time period required for the farm to return to the level of production prior to the disease ('''foregone income)'''
 * a lower suitability of livestock products for processing or distribution (such as damaged skins from screw worm fly)
 * effects to humans well-being (from zoonoses)
 * a reduction in the value of livestock to society (trade/tourism, public concern about food quality, animal welfare issues, etc.)

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 Other animal health programs will have a similar range of costs and benefits.
-== 4.3 Gross margins analysis ==
+==Gross margins analysis ==
 ''Gross margins analysis'' is used to measure the benefit of a planned change on a particular farm enterprise. The gross margin for an enterprise is the gross income from that enterprise minus the variable costs for the enterprise over a one-year period. Gross margins are generally produced in units such as $ per animal or animal equivalent or per unit of land area (hectare). A gross margin is not a profit measure because it does not include fixed costs which have to be met regardless of enterprise size. Gross margins do allow comparison of similar enterprises and allow assessment of the impacts of changes in management practices.

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 The economic benefits of controlling disease through animal health activities can be measured as the reduction in loss because of the disease that is due to the activity.
- '''BENEFIT''' from the animal health activity & Losses due to the disease without animal health activities '''MINUS''' losses due to the disease with animal health activities
+{{hlbox|'''BENEFIT''' from the animal health activity & Losses due to the disease without animal health activities '''MINUS''' losses due to the disease with animal health activities}}
 To estimate the benefits requires knowledge of:

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 Estimating the exact economic impact of disease can also be very complex. However, for budget advocacy a simplified estimate of the impact of disease which allows comparison of different animal health activities is often all that is needed.
- Remember in budget advocacy you need to describe "what's going on", "what it means", and "what needs to be done".
+{{hlbox|Remember in budget advocacy you need to describe "what's going on", "what it means", and "what needs to be done". The cost of disease helps describe "what it means" and allows you a comparison to justify "what needs to be done".}}
 ==== Estimating the costs of disease ====

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 When we consider economics in relation to government budgets then the benefits of disease control include benefits to the wider community (for example reduced prices or safer product). When we consider economics in relation to a farm, then the benefits can be thought of as the value of the product sold.
- For economic analysis a disease is a condition affecting animal health in a way which society would prefer not to exist, because of their cost to the community, through effects on human or animal health or animal productivity.
+{{hlbox|For economic analysis a disease is a condition affecting animal health in a way which society would prefer not to exist, because of their cost to the community, through effects on human or animal health or animal productivity.}}
 {{example|Examples of animal diseases that society may prefer not to exist:
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 Animal health economics allows estimation of the economic impact of disease and of disease control activities. It helps the development of disease control programs which improve animal health management to gain the maximum benefit from the available resources. Animal health economic analyses can be complex and difficult to understand. This reflects the complexity of animal production systems and the difficulty in describing and valuing the impacts of disease. }}
- Remember in budget advocacy you need to describe "what's going on", "what it means", and "what needs to be done".
+{{hlbox|Remember in budget advocacy you need to describe "what's going on", "what it means", and "what needs to be done". Animal health economics help describe "what it means" and allows you to compare different options to justify "what needs to be done".}}
 === 3.2 Estimating the cost of disease ===

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 Remember in budget advocacy you need to describe what's going on, what it means, and what needs to be done.
-{{hlbox|Performance indicators can be used to help describe "what's going on".}
+{{hlbox|Performance indicators can be used to help describe "what's going on".}}
 {{example|Another example might be to monitor the quality of disease diagnosis by the following performance indicators:

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 Remember, performance indicators are used to measure progress towards a specific goal or achievement of performance target levels. This process is aimed at identifying areas of poor performance so problems can be addressed and improve performance.
- Performance indicators can be used to help describe "what's going on" not who's doing better than who.
+{{hlbox|Performance indicators can be used to help describe "what's going on" not who's doing better than who.}}
 == Using performance indicators to support budget requests ===

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