Marianne Gadeberg is a communications consultant.
When livestock is fed high-quality fodder, produced with the help of irrigation, they deliver better milk and meat, benefitting the nutritional health of their keepers and consumers. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) and its partners are investigating best-bet...
As COVID-19 continues to wreck havoc on lives, economies and food systems, the world has proved to be sorely under-prepared. This despite past warnings that zoonotic diseases, transmitted from animals to humans, could represent a significant risk to global health and prosperity. If any silver lining is to be found in this crisis, it might be that it offers opportunities to accelerate progress towards a ‘One Health’ approach.
At the Global Landscapes Forum this week, ILRI experts and partners will share insights on how a ‘One Health’ approach – that links human, animal and environmental health – can prevent and mitigate future zoonotic disease outbreaks.