Fred Unger

Fred Unger

Regional Representative - East and Southeast Asia

Fred Unger, a veterinary epidemiologist from Germany, joined ILRI in December 2007 and is based in ILRI's Regional Office for East and SE Asia, Hanoi Vietnam. Fred graduated from veterinary school in 1989 (Humboldt Univerität Berlin) and obtained at the Free University Berlin a diploma in Animal Health Management and a PhD in epidemiology in 2000 respectively.  He looks back at more than two decades of working experience in epidemiology research on animal health, zoonoses and food borne disease control in developing countries of Southeast Asia (14 years) and Africa (10 years) but also Germany (2 years). Current work in Southeast Asia focuses on food safety risk assessments and management along livestock value chains in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos. Since October 2020 he is the Regional Representative for ILRI East and Southeast Asia.

My Projects

Improving human health through sustainable value chains in human-animal-environmental interactions using ICT in Vietnam (ICT4Health)

ACTIVE

Improving human health through sustainable value chains in human-animal-environmental interactions using ICT in Vietnam (ICT4Health)

SAFEGRO - Safe Food for Growth

ACTIVE

SAFEGRO - Safe Food for Growth

Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions in Southeast Asia (ASSET)

ACTIVE

Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions in Southeast Asia (ASSET)

Technical capacity development to support ASEAN economy import MRL process and ASEAN MRL harmonisation

ACTIVE

Technical capacity development to support ASEAN economy import MRL process and ASEAN MRL harmonisation

ROADMAP

ROADMAP

SAFEPORK - Market based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam

SAFEPORK - Market based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam

Increasing the standards and quality compliance capacity of the mango value chain in the Mekong River Delta

Increasing the standards and quality compliance capacity of the mango value chain in the Mekong River Delta

Market-based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam (SafePORK)

Market-based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam (SafePORK)

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

My Blog Posts

ILRI News

From national to local level: Leveraging SafePORK impacts on food safety in Vietnam

Genetic gains research to transform smallholder chicken farming in Southeast Asia

My Publications

Report of the regional workshop on One Health operationalization and investment in Southeast Asia

  • Lam, Steven
  • Chi Nguyen
  • Sinh Dang-Xuan
  • Unger, Fred
  • Thanh Nguyen-Le
  • Meeyam, T.
  • Hung Nguyen-Viet

Transboundary pests and diseases under the ASEAN-CGIAR Food and Nutrition Security Program

  • Unger, Fred
  • Kawarazuka, Nozomi
  • Arinaitwe, Warren
  • Boddupalli, P.M.
  • Pangesti, Nurmi

Effect of light-touch intervention and associated factors to microbial contamination at small-scale pig slaughterhouses and traditional pork shops in Vietnam

  • Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo
  • Sinh Dang-Xuan
  • Målqvist, M.
  • Luong Nguyen-Thanh
  • Phuc Pham-Duc
  • Phi Nguyen-Hong
  • Hang Le-Thi
  • Hung Nguyen-Viet
  • Trang Thi-Huyen Le
  • Grace, Delia
  • Lindahl, Johanna F.
  • Unger, Fred

Theory of change for the beef cattle value chain in Northwest Vietnam, developed for the CGIAR Initiative Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion

  • Atieno, Mary Otieno
  • Johnson, N.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Thinh Nguyen
  • Bravo, A.
  • Le Thi Huyen
  • Tran Thi Bich Ngoc
  • Phuong Nguyen
  • Galie, Alessandra
  • Triana Angel, Natalia
  • Burkart, Stefan
  • Mwema, Emmanuel
  • Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Peters, Michael
  • Unger, Fred

Theory of change for the pig value chain in Northwest Vietnam, developed for the CGIAR Initiative Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion

  • Atieno, Mary Otieno
  • Johnson, N.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Thinh Nguyen
  • Bravo, Aura
  • Ouma, Emily A.
  • Le Thi Huyen
  • Tran Thi Bich Ngoc
  • Phuong Nguyen
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Triana Ángel, Natalia
  • Burkart, Stefan
  • Mwema, Emmanuel
  • Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Peters, Michael
  • Unger, Fred

Asian Chicken Genetic Gains (AsCGG): A platform for exploring, testing and delivering improved chickens for enhanced livelihood outcomes in South East Asia

  • Hoang Hai Hoa
  • Esatu, Wondmeneh
  • Ngo Thi Kim Cuc
  • Menghak Phem
  • Yitayih, Mulugeta
  • Getachew, Fasil
  • Sothyra Tum
  • Chhay Ty
  • Unger, Fred
  • Dessie, Tadelle