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ILRI News on pigs

21 Jul 2021

‘Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia’—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions

For two days last month (21–22 Jun 2021), food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) gathered to discuss ways to disseminate findings and scale up interventions of a ‘ Safe Food, Fair Food (SFFF) for Cambodia...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

24 Jun 2021

New study identifies contextual factors for the control of pork tapeworm in endemic areas

Access to services such as toilets and clean water, local knowledge, cultural norms and taboos; and the presence of regulatory frameworks such as meat inspection are among the key factors that determine the success or failure of Taenia solium control measures in endemic areas. These are the...

Nicholas NgwiliGraduate Fellow(ILRI)
Geoffrey NjengaCommunications Officer

ILRI News

07 Jun 2021

Improving food safety risk management for a healthy Vietnam

More than 350 actors in Vietnam’s smallholder pig value chain have been trained in managing risks in the value chain and risk communication by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led ‘Market-based approach to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam’ or SafePORK project in the past...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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Publications on pigs

Journal Article

Published2021

Penning pigs: Pig rearing practices, biosecurity measures, and outbreaks of African swine fever in central Uganda

Journal Article

Published2021

A mix of old British and modern European breeds: Genomic prediction of breed composition of smallholder pigs in Uganda

Poster

Published2021

Understanding perception and drivers to change food safety condition of pork value chain actors: The view of slaughterhouse owners and pork retailers in northern Vietnam

Report

Published2021

Report of a pig welfare survey in the more pork project, Uganda

Journal Article

Published2021

Digital extension Interactive Voice Response (IVR) mLearning: Lessons learnt from Uganda pig value chain

Journal Article

Published2021

The first genotype II African swine fever virus isolated in Africa provides insight into the current Eurasian pandemic

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ILRI Projects on pigs

Oct 2017Apr 2022

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

In Vietnam, pork is the most widely consumed meat and nearly all is sold in traditional (wet) markets. These markets supply nutritious and delicious food to millions of people. Yet, food hazards are pervasive, food scares common, trust in food low and enforcement capacity weak. Unsurprisingly,...