In its continuing efforts to improve food safety, Vietnam has launched a food safety technical working group under the country’s One Health partnership framework. The working group was launched on 28 September 2023 in Hanoi at a meeting attended by more than 100 food safety experts from various government agencies, development partners, research academia, private sector, along with distinguished delegates
Iain Wright, deputy director of general research and development–Integrated Sciences at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), has been reappointed to the Steering Committee of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The HLPE-FSN is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to global
For Open Access Week in 2022, we celebrated a major milestone: 100,000 knowledge products published through our joint CGSpace repository of research outputs. In the past 12 months, CGSpace has become well-established and is now our collaborative platform to publish, make available and disseminate the collective work of hundreds of scientists working together on over 35 agri-food research initiatives and
The livestock sector plays a vital role in Africa’s economy. It not only provides food security and nutrition for millions of people but also serves as a source of livelihood. However, despite its significance, the livestock sector in Africa grapples with several challenges that hinder its potential contributions to sustainable development. Challenges include low productivity, resource competition, inadequate investment and
In rural pastoral areas like Isiolo County, Kenya, people and their animals share a close bond, which sometimes facilitates the spread of zoonotic diseases. This coexistence of people and animals gave rise to a project in Isiolo aimed at investigating the co-infection of three endemic zoonotic diseases—Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever—in people and animals and the ecological factors
In the ever-evolving landscape of agriculture, genetic improvement holds the key to advancing the livestock sector’s productivity and sustainability. Until recently, a program tailored to low-input systems had not been developed. A significant innovation arrived in 2009 with the inception of the Small Ruminant Community-Based Breeding Program (CBBP) in Ethiopia. The CBBP, initiated by the International Center for Agricultural Research
Foodborne diseases are a significant problem in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. Recent evidence from research shows that in Ethiopia, the average economic costs related to foodborne disease caused by non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in 2017 were estimated at 723 million international dollars, representing 0.9% of gross national income. This public health and financial
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week is marked annually from 18 to 24 November to raise global awareness on antimicrobial resistance and promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk