This week, the Lancet publishes a series on diseases that are ‘zoonotic’, that is, infections shared by people and other animals. The first paper describes the sharing of pathogenic organisms by people and wild and domesticated animals is a natural…
The Lancet has launched a new three-part series on zoonotic diseases (diseases that are transmissible between animals and people). “Zoonoses – pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses which we share with animals – cause more than 60% of …
Dr. Ermias Betemariam, a land health scientist with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), describes the various constraints being faced by Ivorian smallholder cocoa farmers, and how these are being tackled within the Vision for Change: Sustainable Coc…
Jimmy Smith, director general of ILRI, highlighted the efforts of ICAR in the livestock sector and said he hoped for strengthening of research and development through collaborative initiatives. He said India’s ‘white revolution’ is led by demand …
