Collaboration between government and researchers to improve food safety in Cambodia
A4NH / AHH / Cambodia / EcoHealth / Food Safety / ILRI / Southeast Asia

Collaboration between government and researchers to improve food safety in Cambodia

Expanding a ministerial-level food safety working group to influence food safety policy and enhancing collaboration between government and food safety researchers will help strengthen food safety in Cambodia. These were the views of animal health and food safety experts who gathered on 14 December 2017 in Phnom Penh to explore ways of developing the capacity … Continue reading

AHH / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / CCAFS / Climate Change / EcoHealth / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Vietnam-based project to design key maps and tools for managing climate-sensitive diseases

On 22 December 2017 animal and human health experts gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam to discuss ways of disseminating the findings and recommendations of a ‘Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos’, or Pestforecast project. Continue reading

ILRI and Myanmar officials discuss collaboration opportunities in livestock development
Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Myanmar / Partnerships / Southeast Asia

ILRI and Myanmar officials discuss collaboration opportunities in livestock development

A meeting between Ye Tun Win, director general for livestock at MOALI and Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), was held 17 November 2017 at the ILRI Hanoi office to identify how ILRI can support livestock development in Myanmar. Continue reading

Contributions of Southeast Asia’s livestock sector to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
ILRI / Livestock / Partnerships / SDG / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Contributions of Southeast Asia’s livestock sector to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

A Science and Partnership Workshop 2017: The Role of Livestock in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia being held 16 November 2017 in Hanoi brought together 60 leading livestock experts and policymakers from 8 Asian countries. The experts discussed ways to strengthen the many current and potential contributions of the region’s livestock sector to sustainable livelihoods and to the prosperity of 100 million people in the region. Continue reading