Health
The dietary equation is currently unbalanced. More than 800 million people are chronically undernourished, while two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, and an equal number are overweight or obese. Diverse diets are often unavailable, implying that improved products have to be thoughtfully delivered into value chains and markets, at the nexus of dietary education and reinforcing conditions such as public intervention in domains as diverse as regulation in different respects, including food safety, and sanitation and water quality. The use of chemical-based fertilizers and pesticides also risks exposure of the public or agricultural workers to health risks. Growing concern about emerging infectious diseases, of which many are zoonoses, highlights the need for informed interventions to control such diseases, which threaten production and human health. Anti-microbial resistance is a major emerging issue driven in part by the food system.
CGIAR and the Sustainable Development Goals
CGIAR research to improve nutrition and health contributes strongly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda, to address:
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News
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CGIAR Initiative on One Health holds annual planning meeting
CGIAR Initiative on One Health16.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
On 24–25 April 2023, the CGIAR Initiative on One Health held its annual planning meeting…
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New study assesses disease risk perceptions of wild meat at the border of Kenya and Tanzania
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
That many pandemics, including possibly COVID-19, have had their origins in wild animals might be…
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New molecular tool can enhance genomic-based surveillance of Rift Valley fever virus
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)27.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute and research partners from Kenya, Rwa…
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A new paper on seaweed explores its potential in nourishing low- and middle-income nations
WorldFish20.04.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Globally, seaweed production has grown by nearly 75 percent in the past decade. What started…
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Better monitoring of microbial hazards in Ethiopia's Akaki watershed will improve water quality for Addis Ababa's 5 million residents
CGIAR Initiative on One Health03.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Most wastewater in Ethiopia’s capital city Addis Ababa is discharged into rivers without treatment…
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New study explores the drivers of antibiotic use in poultry farms in Senegal
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)23.03.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
A new study on antimicrobial use in poultry farms in Senegal has analysed the effects…
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A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)17.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
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CGIAR Initiative on One Health publishes 2022 annual technical report
CGIAR Initiative on One Health12.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Study reveals need for more research on burden of pork-borne hazards in eastern and southern Africa
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Heavy metal contamination in retailed food in Bangladesh: a dietary public health risk assessment
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)27.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Molecular epidemiology and diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Ethiopia, 2020–2022
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)04.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Impact of information on demand for safe food
CGIAR Initiative on One Health03.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
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