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Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local partnerships to help stem the global rise of drug-resistant pathogens that is increasingly putting public health at risk. This morning on the Nairobi campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the first partners meeting…
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We want to include YOU, a valued member of the livestock data community, in the upcoming? LD4D Community of Practice meeting. The meeting takes place?from 28-30 November in Hanoi, Vietnam, and will be streamed live online. We will be discussing big questions in the livestock data sphere and…
Hung Nguyen, Regional Representative for East and Southeast Asia and Senior Scientist, Ecohealth and Food Safety, with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), conducts food safety research of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) in Vietnam. In this video, he talks about the importance of partnership in this work.
A meeting on 30 May 2018 in Vientiane, Laos, reflected on the achievements of One Health research interfacing cross-sectoral collaboration and ways of advancing the work of a One Health platform in the country.
Agriculture and health experts from five southern Asian countries have pledged to work together to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to advance agricultural development and human health in the region in an international conference heald 4-6 April 2018 in Jaipur, India.
The Government of Vietnam has started strengthening coordination among ministries, engaging the private sector and social organizations, improving risk communications to raise awareness of the public, and developing the capacity of laboratory networks to better manage food safety risks.
On 30 May 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) co-hosted a stakeholder workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam. At the workshop, participants discussed research findings from a scoping study on improving pig value chains in the region and the objectives of a new research project which will assess how smallholder farmers in northwest Vietnam can add value to pig production by using maize grains as feed.
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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…
A market study of the avocado, pepper, cassava and beef cattle value chains in Vietnam was recently completed. Funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (Humidtropics), the study was conducted in November 2014 by agricultural economists and researchers from ILRI, Tay Nguyen University and Western Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) was one of the participants at a high-level 74th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE) held 18-20 December 2014 in Aurangabad, India.
Steve Staal, ILRI’s Regional Representative for East and Southeast Asia, delivered a keynote address at the meeting, where he emphasized the role smallholders will continue playing in meeting rising demand for livestock products in the country and the region.
A two-day workshop, 20-21 April 2022, kicked off the One CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) in Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam. The workshop brought together 80 key stakeholders from the province including local authorities, farmers, researchers, private sector actors and the SAPLING team to discuss ways to make the livestock sector in Northwest Vietnam more productive, resilient, equitable and sustainable. Continue reading
Trong hai ngày 20-21 tháng 04 năm 2022 đã diễn ra hội thảo khởi động sáng kiến mới của One CGIAR ‘Sáng kiến năng suất chăn nuôi bền vững vì sinh kế, dinh dưỡng và hòa nhập giới’ (gọi tắt là SAPLING) tại tỉnh Sơn La. Hội thảo có sự tham dự của khoảng 80 đại biểu, là đại diện của chính quyền địa phương các cấp, nông dân, khu vực tư nhân, nhóm cán bộ nghiên cứu SAPLING nhằm tìm giải pháp giúp chuyển đổi ngành chăn nuôi ở khu vực Tây Bắc, giúp ngành chăn nuôi gia tăng năng suất, khả năng phục hồi, tính công bằng và bền vững hơn. Continue reading
A two-day workshop, 20-21 April 2022, kicked off the One-CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (or SAPLING) in Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam. The workshop brought together about 80 key stakeholders from Son La province including local authorities, farmers, private sector actors and the research program team to find ways to transform the livestock sector in Northwest Vietnam and make it more productive, resilient, equitable and sustainable. Continue reading
Clippings of key national print and online newspapers on the launch of a short video report on the remarkable life of Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) that took place on 1 March 2022 are highlighted in this post. Continue reading
Hôm nay, ngày 1 tháng 3 năm 2022, Viện nghiên cứu Chăn nuôi Quốc tế (ILRI) phối hợp cùng một số đại sứ quán, viện nghiên cứu, trường đại học tại Việt Nam giới thiệu phim tài liệu “Cuộc đời phi thường của Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) “, giúp truyền cảm hứng cho những người trẻ tuổi, đặc biệt là những bạn trẻ hoạt động trong lĩnh vực nghiên cứu y tế và phát triển, áp dụng cách tiếp cận Một Sức khỏe (One Health) giúp giải quyết các bệnh lây truyền từ động vật sang người trong bối cảnh xuất hiện nhiều bệnh mới nổi như đại dịch COVID-19 hiện nay. Continue reading
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in collaboration with embassies, research institutes and universities in Vietnam will launch a short video report entitled “The remarkable life of Dr Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943)” on 1 March 2022 to inspire young people, especially those in the health research and development sector, to take a One Health approach to address zoonotic diseases in the context of many emerging diseases such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
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
The eighth issue of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) South Asia newsletter is now available. It provides an overview of the activities of this region from July to December 2021. Continue reading
The 11th issue of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) East and Southeast Asia newsletter is now available. It provides an overview of the activities from July to December 2021 as well as the upcoming activities in the first half of 2022. Continue reading
We would like to share with our donors and partners the list of publications of ILRI East and Southeast Asia publicized from July to December 2021. Thank you. Continue reading
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