How to make noncoherent problems more productive: Towards an AMR management plan for low resource livestock sectors

Global AMR management policies, while aiming for a standardized framework, often overlook the socioeconomic factors driving antibiotic use in low-resource settings. This paper, using research from West Africa's livestock sector, analyzes how seemingly contradictory practices productively coalesce using the concept of 'noncoherence.' It argues that acknowledging the diverse roles of antibiotics in managing uncertainty and precarity is crucial for reducing antibiotic use without jeopardizing productivity or poverty reduction goals. The paper calls for a more context-specific global AMR policy.

Andrea Butcher, Jose A. Cañada, Salla Sariola