A special edition of the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems has brought together expert perspectives on the status of food safety in low- and middle-income countries, including the latest evidence on the burden of foodborne disease at national and sub-national levels, with over half of the 24 papers in the edition featuring research by CGIAR scientists and partners. The
The One Health approach is increasingly recognized as essential if we are to tackle and reduce some of the most pressing impacts on livelihoods and health for people, animals, and ecosystems. While individual health threats may require specific technical skills to address them, responses to increasingly multidimensional challenges like COVID-19, Ebola, avian influenza or the spread of antimicrobial resistant pathogens
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has partnered with a consortium of 16 institutions from Europe and the United States of America to launch a new project aimed at developing a next-generation vaccine against African swine fever, a deadly viral disease that has killed close to 2 million pigs globally since 2021. The work of the four-year project, New Technologies
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has teamed up with the University of Missouri, African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources, the University of Missouri Assistance Program and the Economic Community of West African States to undertake a new project, Animal Health Systems Facilitating Trade within the African Union. The project aims to bolster capacity for the Animal Health Strategy
Three veterinary students from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences investigated rabies control and dog management practices in Malawi as part of a project led by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) to enhance rabies control. They worked under the guidance of Hannah Joan Jørgensen, a scientist from NVI on joint appointment at the International Livestock Research Institute. They used focus
In October 2022, at the CGIAR GENDER Science Exchange organised by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, five early-career researchers put themselves forward for ‘GenderVision!’—an idea contest inspired by the international song competition Eurovision. Contestants pitched their research ideas in a bid to win USD 10,000 to take their dream project forward. Esther Leah Achandi, a post-doctoral fellow at the International
The livestock sector, coupled with 21st Century innovations, presents significant opportunities for enhancing food security, human nutrition, household livelihoods and resilience and creating jobs, especially for rural women and youth. It also holds the potential to become more productive by making a more efficient and environmentally friendly use of scarce resources. However, to fully realise these benefits, addressing key challenges
Women in central Uganda, particularly those from the Baganda community, play a significant role in pig production, which is a widespread backyard venture in the region. But despite livestock and domestic care work being traditionally assigned to women, their pig-related businesses are riddled with challenges, some of which are due to deeply ingrained gender norms. To counter this, the CGIAR