6. RISK IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF ASF
Considering the possibility of ASFV to cause future outbreaks and establishment of endemism in India, several factors that exert selection pressures on emergence of new animal diseases need to critically analysed. We identified some of the risk factors/indicators in Indian context which might serve as a connection for further emergence of ASF in this region. The identified risk factors of ASF are described critically keeping in view the social and ecological understanding of agriculture and food security of the human populations which depends on agriculture and livestock for their living.