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Agriculture / Livelihoods / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Markets / Value Chains Smallholder livestock farming is a mainstay of the poor Posted on 31 Dec 2011 by ILRI Communications Making smallholder production more competitive is a powerful tool to reduce poverty, raise nutrition levels and improve the livelihoods of rural people in many developing countries Drought / Drylands / DRYLANDSCRP / Pastoralism Reducing the vulnerability of dryland pastoralism Posted on 31 Dec 2011 by ILRI Communications Expert opinion agrees that the best way to tap into the potential of the drylands is to build on the foundation of their livestock economies rather than ignoring them or seeking to replace them. Latest Entries Africa / Animal Feeding / Animal Health / Animal Production / Capacity Strengthening / Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Intensification / Mali / Pro-Poor Livestock / Report / South Africa / Uganda Meat, milk and more for Africa: Four countries with successful livestock policy innovations to emulate Posted on 17 Jul 2020 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment A newly published Malabo Montpellier Panel report, Meat, Milk & More: Policy innovations to shepherd inclusive and sustainable livestock systems in Africa, ‘highlights options for sustainably promoting growth in the livestock sector, drawing from what four African countries—Ethiopia, Mali, South Africa, and Uganda—have done successfully in terms of institutional and policy innovation as well as programmatic interventions. Continue reading → Advocacy / Agri-Health / Agriculture / Australia / Consumption / Event report / Food Security / Human Health / Nutrition / Policy Australian body calls for RENEWABLE FOOD (aka ‘regenerative agriculture’ or ‘circular food economies’) as well as renewable energy Posted on 29 Jun 2020 by Susan MacMillan • 1 Comment The Commission for the Human Future’s second round table conference on global threats and solutions has called for a worldwide effort to transform global food production to a system that is renewable, healthy and fair to all. Continue reading → Africa / Agri-Health / AHH / Brucellosis / COVID19 / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Human Health / ILRI / News clipping / OneHealth / Opinion piece / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Trypanosomiasis / Zoonotic Diseases Scientists stress need, amid COVID-19, to maintain focus on everyday zoonotic diseases of the world’s poor Posted on 15 Jun 2020 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment Most diseases that transmit from animals to humans (zoonoses) are not of the headline-grabbing, world-stopping variety write Eric Fèvre and Naomi Marks. They are an everyday reality for millions of people whose lives are quietly blighted or prematurely ended by diseases transmitted through farming and food systems. Continue reading → A4NH / Advocacy / Agri-Health / AHH / Article / Disease Control / Event / Food Safety / Human Health / ILRI / Markets / Policy / Southeast Asia / Vietnam FOOD SAFETY: In support the traditional—and essential—food markets of low-income countries Posted on 7 Jun 2020 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment On this World Food Safety Day (7 June 2020), staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) make the case for supporting traditional markets to improve food safety. Continue reading → A4NH / Advocacy / Agri-Health / AHH / Article / COVID19 / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Environment / Event / Food Safety / Human Health / ILRI / Zoonotic Diseases FOOD SAFETY: A point of departure for preventing diseases originating in the world’s food systems Posted on 7 Jun 2020 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment To mark World Food Safety Day today, 7 June 2010, three of the world’s leading food safety experts investigate opportunities for building back better food systems and nutrition in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading → A4NH / Advocacy / Agri-Health / AHH / COVID19 / Directorate / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Environment / Event report / Human Health / ILRI / ILRIComms / Interview / LIVESTOCKCRP / OneHealth / Policy / Presentation / Zoonotic Diseases Twitter Moment: ILRI-UNEP explore ‘One Health’ at the Global Landscapes Forum Posted on 6 Jun 2020 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment Twitter Moment: “ILRI-UNEP explore ‘One Health’ at the Global Landscapes Forum” Continue reading → Advocacy / Agri-Health / COVID19 / Directorate / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Human Health / OneHealth / Opinion piece / Zoonotic Diseases COVID-19 gives the ‘One Health’ approach to tackling epidemics ‘global celebrity status’. Again. Posted on 3 Jun 2020 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment Recent past pandemics, such as bird flu, swine flu and MERS likewise led to the potential of One Health being acclaimed. But the present COVID-19 pandemic reveals that the implementation of One Health has not matched its periodic celebrity status. So what is the problem? Continue reading → AHH / Animal Diseases / COVID19 / Environment / Human Health / Interview / Research / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases Are COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases a message from Mother Nature? —Leading Vietnamese...