Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that the future of food lies in Africa. And why that’s a good thing. Read on to find out why. As Africans get richer, they will eat more meat and live longer, healthier lives ‘. . . Between…
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More research on African swine fever is urgently needed: No cure, no vaccine and no treatment yet exists for this lethal pig disease
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Pigs at the Drestry Farm Industry commercial farm in Asia (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs. It kills nearly 100% of the pigs it infects. The good news is that the African swine fever virus does not infect…
Food safety and the Sustainable Development Goals
Originally posted on AgHealth:
Makara market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/Hardisman Dasman). The safety of food is a global concern and it is widely acknowledged that there can be no food security without food safety. Indeed, food safety is closely linked to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. A technical brief titled Food…
Regional experts join forces to improve smallholder pig sector in Asia and the Pacific
Leaders, researchers, investors, government, and private sector representatives from 16 countries spanning Asia, the Pacific, Australia and Africa will gather in Hanoi this week to identify solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the smallholder pig sector in Asia and the Pacific. Continue reading
Press clippings: Regional symposium on research into smallholder pig production, health, and pork safety
Clippings of key national print and online newspaper as of 4 April 2019 November 2017 on the ‘Regional symposium on research into smallholder pig production, health, and pork safety’. Continue reading
Expanding livestock production in Asia and Africa key to environmental as well as human welfare gains—New study
Originally posted on ILRI news:
Above and below: stone carving bas reliefs from the ruins of ancient Persepolis, capital city of the Persian empire, 5th Century B.C. Those concerned that the rising demand for milk, meat and eggs in lower incomes countries spells only environmental harm should take note of this new scientific paper: Supporting…
ILRI vacancy: Research Associate – Food Safety and One Health (closing date: 03 April 2019)
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research and ILRI renew research partnership
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have renewed their partnership for exploring collaborative research opportunities in livestock research to address poverty and safeguard food and nutritional security in the country. Continue reading
CGIAR to support Vietnam’s national program for rural development under new agreement
Nine CGIAR centres in Vietnam and the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have signed an agreement that will see CGIAR support the National Target Program on New Rural Development (NTP-NRD). Continue reading
Drug resistance could make 28 million people poor
About 28 million people could fall into extreme poverty by 2050 if high antimicrobial resistance is not addressed, a meeting that held in Kenya last month (21-22 February) to launch the CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub has heard. Continue reading