Category Archives: Agri-Health

National taskforce of government experts and food safety researchers start work of ensuring safe food for Cambodians
A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Cambodia / Collaboration / Food Safety / ILRI / Southeast Asia

National taskforce of government experts and food safety researchers start work of ensuring safe food for Cambodians

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A technical working group of Cambodia food safety experts has joined forces with a task force on food safety risk assessment to form the ‘national task force’ __ an initiative by the Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia (SFFF) project__ that will work toward strengthening food safety policy advocacy and collaboration between government and food safety researchers working in the country. Continue reading →

ILRI vacancy: Research Officer – Livestock CRP country project, Vietnam (closing date: 03 September 2019)
Agri-Health / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

ILRI vacancy: Research Officer – Livestock CRP country project, Vietnam (closing date: 03 September 2019)

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Research Officer I to support the implementation of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock Agri-food Systems, known as Livestock CRP in Vietnam. This position is jointly employed by ILRI and Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Vietnam. Deadline 3 September 2019. Continue reading →

Using System Effects modelling to identify challenges, impacts and strategies for improving food safety in Cambodia and Vietnam
A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Cambodia / Capacity Strengthening / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Using System Effects modelling to identify challenges, impacts and strategies for improving food safety in Cambodia and Vietnam

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Food safety researchers from Cambodia and Vietnam recently participated in a training on using ‘System Effects’ modelling to help them identify the challenges, impacts and strategies for influencing policy on issues related to food-borne illnesses and antimicrobial resistance in the two countries. Continue reading →

ILRI policy brief on food safety in the smallholder pig value chain in Vietnam
A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Food Safety / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

ILRI policy brief on food safety in the smallholder pig value chain in Vietnam

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This brief seeks to help national and provincial policymakers in better managing food safety along the smallholder pig value chain in Vietnam. It proposes costeffective, practical interventions based on the evidence of the research project ‘Improving food safety in the smallholder pig value chain in Vietnam’, known as PigRISK. Continue reading →

CGIAR Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Program expands collaboration with Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition
A4NH / Agri-Health / ILRI / MoU / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

CGIAR Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Program expands collaboration with Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition

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The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), which is led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen their collaboration in food safety research. Continue reading →

Vietnam PigRISK project team shares findings on improving food safety in pig value chains
Agri-Health / Animal Health / Food Safety / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Project / Research / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Vietnam PigRISK project team shares findings on improving food safety in pig value chains

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At the workshops, the project team reported key results of PigRISK achieved from June 2012 to May 2017 which focused on assessing food safety issues such as microbiological risk assessment of Salmonella, assessment of heavy metals and antibiotics residue in carcasses and feed, risk factors of contaminations along the value chains; and overall assessment of animal (pig) production and health. Continue reading →

A deep dive inside Vietnam’s pork foodshed to determine food safety issues and their practical resolutions
A4NH / Agri-Health / Agriculture / Food Safety / ILRI / Markets / Pigs / policy / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

A deep dive inside Vietnam’s pork foodshed to determine food safety issues and their practical resolutions

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Originally posted on ILRI news:
Selling pork at a traditional ‘wet’ market in Hung Yen province, northern Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/HUPH/Ngan Tran). Pork meat sold in Vietnam has been found by researchers to commonly carry bacteria that could cause disease—but they also found that the risk of that meat sickening people is largely reduced due…

Making livestock foods safe—Lessons from Vietnam on what works—and what doesn’t
A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Food Safety / Pigs / policy / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Making livestock foods safe—Lessons from Vietnam on what works—and what doesn’t

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Originally posted on ILRI news:
At the Sunday market in Sapa, northern Vietnam, women butcher hogs slaughtered outside of town but still steaming when they start working on them at the market (image via Flickr/Kurt Johnson). From ‘Background’ ‘Food-borne diseases and food poisonings are attracting a lot of attention in Vietnam due to repeated episodes…