Translations:Advanced Field Epi:Manual 1 - Disease Control and Eradication Programs/34/en

Voluntary (Industry-based) programs

Governments in many countries are moving to reduce regulation of the livestock industries, and this move is often accompanied by a move towards voluntary or industry-based control programs. These programs rely on farmers complying voluntarily with recommended practices to reduce disease risk to themselves and other producers, rather than using regulations to enforce compliance. Voluntary programs depend heavily on an effective communication and education program to change the behaviour and attitudes of farmer and their advisors and to get farmers to adopt the recommended practices.