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Two new ‘One Health’ projects are launched to improve human health

A workshop kicked off two new projects—the CGIAR Initiative on Protecting Human Health through a One Health Approach and the ICT4Health project funded by the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs—on 3 August in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two projects will help improve human health by...

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New One CGIAR initiative to transform livestock productivity, nutrition and gender inclusion in northwest Vietnam

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...

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The remarkable life of Alexandre Yersin

Doctor who made extraordinary contributions to medicine and the people of Vietnam honoured in new documentary Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) was a Swiss-French polymath and physician who worked in Vietnam during the first half of the twentieth century. He made invaluable contributions as a...

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Climate change in Africa: What will it mean for agriculture and food security?

Mount Kenya’s glacier-clad peaks tower more than 5,000 meters above the plains below, making it the tallest mountain in Kenya and the second tallest in Africa after Kilimanjaro. The Mount Kenya ecosystem is an irreplaceable biodiversity hotspot that provides water for over 2 million people , and...

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ILRI’s Iain Wright appointed to the HLPE

Iain Wright , deputy director general research and development–Integrated Sciences at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), has been appointed to the fifteen-person High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) Steering Committee . Its members are appointed by...

The world commemorates One Health Day amidst pandemic

Livestock picture from Laos (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Today, 3 November 2021, marks the sixth annual One Health Day, a global campaign that celebrates and brings attention to the need for a One Health approach to address health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. One Health...

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Recent locust swarms highlight the importance of livestock in east Africa

In December 2019, and continuing through most of 2020, locust swarms periodically blotted the skies above east Africa. The invasion formed in the Arabian Desert in May 2018, with strong winds eventually pushing the insects across the Red Sea and into east Africa, generating a plague on a scale not...

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

Transforming the food systems can help Vietnam attain many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (photo credit: CGIAR/Chris deBode). President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed Vietnam’s commitment to transforming food systems in a transparent, responsible, and sustainable manner in the ‘new...

Better coordination and enhanced awareness essential for new One Health initiative in Bangladesh

On 18 August 2021, 80 people from government, research and academia across Bangladesh gathered virtually to discuss a proposed new CGIAR initiative to protect human health through a One Health approach . It is one of more than 30 new initiatives being developed by CGIAR to implement its 2030...

Engaging key stakeholders towards a CGIAR sustainable animal productivity initiative in Vietnam

To implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy , the global research partnership CGIAR is developing a series of initiatives designed to achieve a world with sustainable and resilient food, land, and water systems that deliver more diverse, healthy, safe, sufficient and affordable diets,...

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Putting accountability at the centre of the UN Food Systems Summit

A thoughtful paper has just been published by the editors of the scientific journal Global Food Security on the need to establish ways to ensure that the United Nations Food Summit delivers on the commitments it will make this September. All hat and no cattle: Accountability following the UN food...

  • Steve Staal
    Emeritus Fellow(International Livestock Research Institute)

Vietnam holds first national dialogue in the lead-up to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021

Around 130 leaders, researchers, investors, government, and private sector representatives in Vietnam gathered in Hanoi and joined virtually to identify solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the food systems of the country. The feedback from the national partners will be reported to...