Animal and human health

Partnerships to increase pig production in Uganda

Livestock is the world’s fastest-growing, highest-value agricultural subsector, accounting for about 40% of agricultural gross domestic product globally. Driven by rising incomes, demand for animal-source foods in Africa and Asia is expected to increase up to 200% by 2030. Efficient crop and livestock production and natural resource use will drive employment, environmental, nutrition and income gains in a subsector likely to be dominated by smallholders. In 2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish began working in nine countries to increase access to animal-source foods by the...

Vaccinating farm animals helps drive up disposable incomes

Wide-scale vaccination of cattle against East Coast fever would remove one of the biggest obstacles facing smallholders and herders trying to increase their meat and milk productivity. Endemic in 12 countries in eastern, central and southern Africa, the disease, transmitted by parasite-infected ticks, causes annual losses estimated at more than USD300 million and more than one million cattle deaths. While the vaccine was developed in the 1970s by the now Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), recent research-for- development approaches have accelerated its uptake and...

Translating food safety research into policy action in Vietnam

The agri-food sector, particularly livestock, plays an important role in the economy, livelihoods and nutritional security of Vietnamese people. Regular consumption of pork makes it an integral part of Vietnam’s diverse and rich culinary tradition. Typically eaten daily with steamed rice and vegetables, pork is an affordable as well as favourite protein source, accounting for 40% of household expenditure and 75% of the meat consumed. More than 83% of pork is produced by small-scale farmers and sold in traditional fresh-food markets, and 65% of rural households depend on pig farming for their...

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Partnerships to increase pig production in Uganda

Vaccinating farm animals helps drive up disposable incomes

Translating food safety research into policy action in Vietnam

ILRI Projects on Animal and human health

Protecting human health through a One Health approach

Circulation of antibiotic resistance genes at the wildlife–livestock interface in Kapiti, Kenya

Understanding zoonotic risks from wild meat at the Kenya–Tanzania border

ILRI News on Animal and human health

New study on co-infection in Kenyan wildlife enhances understanding of neglected zoonotic diseases

Experts call for cross-sectoral collaboration to tackle disease risks in changing food systems

Burundi steps up surveillance and response efforts to control Rift Valley fever

Publications on Animal and human health

Silica vesicles increase stability of Salmonella-specific phages isolated from chicken in environments mimicking the gastrointestinal tract

Information and communication technology framework for improved monitoring and control of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance

Poultry losses and One Health: Reducing losses and zoonotic risks along the poultry value chain through a One Health approach

Urban food markets in Africa: Incentivizing food safety using a pull-push approach project. Post-training feedback on online training of regulators in Ethiopia in food safety and risk assessment

Optimization of alternative breeding schemes for the genetic improvement of common Tigray highland sheep in northern Ethiopia

Novel mycoplasma nucleomodulin MbovP475 decreased cell viability by regulating expression of CRYAB and MCF2L2

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Food safety in Uganda's livestock value chains

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Hung Nguyen-Viet

Vish Nene

Delia Grace

Gad Milton Owido

Samuel Oyola