Cambodia taskforce scales up activities in line with country’s new food safety law

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

A taskforce of food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently met in Phnom Penh to explore ways to facilitate collaboration between the authorities and researchers in Cambodia for safer food in the country. The meeting was co-hosted by the National Animal Health and Production Research Institute (NAHPRI) and ILRI as part of an ILRI-led component of the Agroecology and Safe food System Transitions, or ASSET project. Continue reading →

Advocacy / Animal Health / Collaboration / Disease Control / Food Safety / Livelihoods / Livestock / Nepal / Zoonotic Diseases

Nepal Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development explores collaboration opportunities with ILRI during visit to India

Posted on June 27, 2022 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Collaboration opportunities to strengthen Nepal’s livestock sector were top of the agenda when Shri Mahindra Ray Yadav, Nepal’s minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development along with his private secretary, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, visited the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). During the courtesy call to the institute’s New Delhi office on 8 June 2022, Yadav and ILRI’s regional representative for South Asia, Rahman Habibar, discussed technical support in the livestock sector, capacity development and women’s empowerment. Continue reading →

Advocacy / Food Safety / Value Chains / Vietnam

Media workshop on food safety reporting held in Vietnam to commemorate World Food Safety Day

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

To celebrate the 4th World Food Safety Day (7 June 2022), a media workshop targeting over 40 Vietnamese reporters and researchers from different disciplines (public health, animal health, agriculture) was organized this morning in Hanoi. The ‘Deliver food safety messages to the community: an integrating approach between researchers and journalists – the case of animal-sourced food’ workshop discussed ways of better communicating food safety messages to the public. Continue reading →

Advocacy / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Bangladesh / ILRI / India / Nepal / Pakistan / Research / South Asia / Sri Lanka / Vaccines

Virtual strategic consultation to prevent transboundary infectious disease spread in South Asia organized by ILRI

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

A strategic consultation meeting to explore ways to prevent transboundary infectious diseases (TAD) from the livestock and poultry sectors of South Asian countries was jointly organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Bangladesh Academy of Agriculture (BAAG) on 15 February 2022. Continue reading →

Advocacy / Collaboration / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Partnerships / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Certificate of merit awarded to ILRI for sustainable development in Vietnam

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) recognized the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) for its dedication to the sustainable development of Vietnam, in a ceremony held on 21 December 2021. Continue reading →

Advocacy / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / Forages / ILRI / Interview / Livestock / Research / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Science and technology: a driving force in sustainable agricultural development

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

Drastic changes in the agro-forestry-fisheries sector have been seen in recent years because of scientific research, technical advances, and modern agricultural production and processing technologies. With cooperation and support from agricultural research institutes worldwide, a number of research products have been applied in Vietnam, resulting in increased incomes for farmers and sustainable agricultural development. VnEconomy sought the opinions of international partners cooperating in agricultural scientific research in Vietnam about the achievements and challenges as well as the prospects in the future. Continue reading →

Advocacy / Agriculture / CGIAR / East and Southeast Asia / Food Systems / policy / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Vietnam joins UN call to transform global food systems as UN Food Systems Summit kicks off

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

On 23 September 2021, Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined other world leaders at the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) 2021 where the global transformation of food systems is being discussed towards achieving 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Continue reading →

Advocacy / Animal Diseases / Climate Change / Collaboration / ILRI / India / South Asia

ILRI and India’s Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying discuss priority areas for livestock sector development

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

In late August this year, Habibar Rahman, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) regional representative for South Asia met Shri Parshottam Rupala Ji, minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAH&D) in India, to submit a letter to impress upon the G-20 countries for the support of animal health and welfare globally. Continue reading →

Advocacy / AHH / Cambodia / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Markets / Meat / Pigs / Poultry / Research / Southeast Asia / Zoonotic Diseases

‘Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia’—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

For two days last month (21–22 Jun 2021), food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) gathered to discuss ways to disseminate findings and scale up interventions of a ‘Safe Food, Fair Food (SFFF) for Cambodia’ project that was ending after four years of operation. Continue reading →

Advocacy / CGIAR / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / Food Systems / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Synergies in food systems transformation: CGIAR leads a dialogue with cross-sector stakeholders in Vietnam

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Chi Nguyen • Leave a comment

A CGIAR-led food systems dialogue was held 1 July 2021 in Hanoi to address existing and emerging challenges and opportunities in Vietnam’s agri-food systems and inform policies and investments ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS). Continue reading →

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