Bioaerosol sampling to detect avian influenza virus in Hanoi’s largest live poultry market
Asia / Poultry / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Bioaerosol sampling to detect avian influenza virus in Hanoi’s largest live poultry market

In October 2017, ILRI researchers and partners from Vietnam and US conducted a pilot study of aerosol sampling surveillance in a large wholesale live bird market in Hanoi. Of the air samples collected during a three-week period, 90% were positive for molecular evidence of influenza A. These results were positively associated with molecular results from oropharyngeal swab samples collected from chickens and ducks. Noninvasive bioaerosol samplers may serve as an early warning screening tool for novel influenza virus detection in live bird markets. 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

AHH / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Connecting the dots: Actionable recommendations towards safer pork and leafy vegetables in Vietnam

The World Bank and ILRI in collaboration with the Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER)/Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH) organized a workshop, on 27 July in Hanoi, to review, with government officials and other stakeholders, the findings and recommendations of the food safety risk management study. Continue reading

AHH / Capacity Strengthening / East and Southeast Asia / Emerging Diseases / Food Safety / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Stepping up food safety training: Seminar for graduate students in Hanoi this week

Training the next-generation of food scientists in food-borne risks and diseases is one of the best ways of promoting food safety and nutritional security in developing countries.

On 28 July 2016, Vietnamese and international food safety experts from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH) and Center for Public Health Research (CENPHER) will share their knowledge and expertise with students of food technology at the ‘Food microbial hazards and risks’ seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam. Continue reading

Agriculture / AHH / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

ILRI shares ongoing research on ensuring food safety in Vietnam at Hanoi conference

An agricultural conference that discussed ways to strengthen Vietnam’s integration and competitiveness in the global market, as well as the readiness of its livestock, rice and fisheries sectors for the challenges of climate change, was recently held in Hanoi. Continue reading

A4NH / AHH / Animal Diseases / East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Project / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

ILRI pork safety project holds mid-term review in Vietnam

In March 2016 the PigRisk project, which focuses on food safety and pork value chains, held its mid-term review. This five-year project (2012–2017) aims to improve the livelihoods of rural and urban poor in Vietnam by creating better opportunities and incomes from pig value chains as a result of reduced risks associated with pork-borne diseases. The project is led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Continue reading

Agriculture / Asia / CGIAR / Collaboration / East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Partnerships / Regions / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

ILRI joins first CGIAR and MARD’s coordination meeting on enhancing agricultural research partnerships

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and CGIAR recently evaluated on-going research by CGIAR centres in the country and developed plans for further collaboration in agricultural research for development. Continue reading

A4NH / AHH / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Southeast Asia / Trade / Vietnam

Embracing opportunity: Vietnam’s livestock sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Livestock sector experts and stakeholders in Vietnam recently met to discuss the opportunities and challenges offered by the newly unveiled Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade agreements and their likely effects on the country’s livestock industry. Continue reading

East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Partnerships / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

ILRI partner celebrates ten years of agricultural policy engagement work in Vietnam

On 9 September 2015, the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), a research institute under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and one of the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) partners in the country, celebrated 10 years of policy-related research in agriculture and rural development. Continue reading

Asia / Capacity Strengthening / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Research / Vietnam

ILRI and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development firm up plans for long-term partnership in livestock development research

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in a recent (25 June 2015) high-level meeting between ILRI and MARD in Hanoi, developed a strategic plan to boost the partnership between the two organizations for the next five years. Continue reading