Securing PUBLIC 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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International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.03.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…
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Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a…
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Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformation
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.03.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out agai…
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Malian farmers garner benefits of breeding initiatives, despite pandemic
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain…
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Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.03.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…
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Food systems approach key to balancing biodiversity, livelihoods
WorldFish26.03.21-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A food systems approach led the extraordinary recovery of hilsa fish stocks while boosting the…
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Events
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30.04.21
Transforming food systems with aquatic foods: Access to sustainable, safe and nutritious food for all
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08.04.21
Characteristics and performance of co-management in Asia
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01.04.21
Tackling Child Undernutrition at Scale: Insights from national and subnational success cases
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Small Low-cost Fish: From Bait to Plate
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The Big Fish Series: Impacts of COVID-19 on Seafood Value Chains
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CFS 47 Side Event: Exploring the application of CFS instruments to address gender, youth, inequality and data systems in small-scale fisheries
Publications
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Microbial contamination and associated risk factors in retailed pork from key value chains in Northern Vietnam
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.04.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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High prevalence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection among abattoir workers in Kamuli District, Eastern Uganda
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Effect of essential oils against acaricide-susceptible and acaricide-resistant Rhipicephalus ticks
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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A stochastic network-based model to simulate farm-level transmission of African swine fever virus in Vietnam
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Impact of climatic, demographic and disease control factors on the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in large cities worldwide
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)21.02.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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