The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), which is one of two such programs led by IFPRI, launched its website this week. The site features information on A4NH projects, including the related impact pathways, partnershi…
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‘Zoonoses’–diseases that pass from animals to humans–are again making headlines
An initiative called the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium, which is hosted by the UK’s STEPS Centre, issued a news release today on the science and poverty implications of transmissions of animal-to-human diseases. This comes upon repo…

New ILRI website features research on agriculture associated diseases
Check out the new AgHealth website, a web portal on research activities by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners on agriculture-associated diseases. ILRI leads the research component on prevention and control of agriculture…
Addressing the issue of our time: Experts meet in Nairobi to shape new nutrition program for Africa by new Australian food security centre
This 10-minute film shares the views of 10 nutrition, food policy and food safety experts who discussed gaps between research on food security, agriculture and nutrition in Africa at a meeting in Nairobi on 10–11 Sept 2012. Interviewed is Delia Gra…

Five CGIAR centres develop plan for collaborative research on mycotoxins
Representatives from CIMMYT, ICRISAT, IITA, IFPRI and ILRI gathered in ILRI-Nairobi in early Sep 2012 to present their current mycotoxin research activities, the challenges they are facing and opportunities for further work. A follow-up meeting is tent…
