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ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2023 with the launch of a report on...
World Food Safety Day is celebrated on 7 June every year to raise awareness on food safety and inspire action to help prevent and manage foodborne risks thereby contributing to human health, food and...
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Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on informal milk markets and household...
A study published in the April 2023 issue of Current Developments in Nutrition has put forth new empirical evidence on the effect of COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in behaviour and government...
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Experts call for One Health approach to study bacterial hazards and...
Antimicrobial resistance is a public health problem worldwide. Bangladesh, like its neighbouring countries, faces many public health challenges, including access to safe food, inadequate food...
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Study on milk purchase and consumption in low-income households in Kenya...
Favourable policies that promote the availability and affordability of milk sold by informal markets can help to increase milk consumption and boost the nutrition of children in low-income households...
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EatSafe project to host webinar on food safety innovations for traditional...
The World Health Organization estimates that every year, 600 million people become ill and many die because of unsafe food. Up to 38% of those affected are children under five years of age, and 53%...
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Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 with highlights of ILRI...
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is marked annually from 18 to 24 November to raise global awareness on antimicrobial resistance and encourage rational use of antimicrobials to reduce further...
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New research provides estimates of foodborne disease burden in Burkina Faso...
Foodborne disease is a significant global health problem, with low- and middle-income countries disproportionately affected. Given that most fresh animal and vegetable foods in these countries are...
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New study explores governance of milk quality and safety in the informal...
Scientists from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have published a new study that explores how the safety of...
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Experts call for cross-sectoral collaboration to tackle disease risks in...
The rapid transformation of food systems is creating unintentional infectious disease risks that will need to be addressed through effective coordination between agricultural and public health...
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New study explores gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya’s informal...
Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and nutrition, particularly among poor households. Gender dynamics affect who is involved in milk trading...
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One Health experts to host webinar on animal health and pandemic prevention
Governments are currently negotiating a historic global pandemic treaty to protect us from future pandemics. The special session of the 2021 World Health Assembly agreed that the new accord will focus...
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ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2022 with a focus on food safety research...
To commemorate this year’s World Food Safety Day (7 June) under the theme Safer food, better health, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has launched an online food safety campaign...
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ILRI and partners develop benchmarks for undergraduate food safety curriculum...
Towards enhancing food safety in East Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-University Council...
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ILRI scientist Delia Grace wins 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for...
We congratulate Delia Grace, professor of food safety systems at the Natural Resources Institute and joint appointed scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), on winning the...
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Risk-based and One Health approaches for improved food safety in Africa
The rapid evolution of global food safety systems in response to population growth, urbanization, climate change and other socio-economic factors poses many food safety challenges. Globally, unsafe...
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New research offers insights on bridging the gap between policy and reality...
Effective communication and constructive dialogue on inclusive ways forward between policy-makers and informal milk vendors can help to bridge the gap between policy and reality in Kenya’s informal...
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Experts call for investment in zoonotic disease surveillance in remote rural...
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to strengthen national surveillance systems to protect a globally connected world. In low-income and middle-income countries, zoonotic disease...
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Experts call for equitable food system transformation to tackle global health...
Transformation of food systems is key to addressing malnutrition, non-communicable diseases, climate change and other global health challenges of the 21st century, a new research study says. The...
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New mapping study of Rwanda pig value chain analyses governance and sanitary...
The pig production sector in Rwanda is growing rapidly as a result of rising local and regional demand for pork. To better understand how the sector operates, a new study has analysed the country’s...
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New scoping review sheds light on antimicrobial resistance in global food...
The role of food crops as a conduit for transmission of antimicrobial resistance from soil and water to humans has not been widely studied. Contamination of food crops with antimicrobial-resistant...
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