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Lancet Countdown 2018 report shows concerning trends in heat and heat waves,...
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change is a multidisciplinary, international research collaboration that provides a global overview of the relationship between public...
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Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: The case of Rift Valley...
Cattle going to the grazing field in Afar region, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). Climate change influences the occurrence and transmission of a wide range of livestock diseases through...
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New report says investments in food safety in sub-Saharan Africa should...
Locally made beef stew sold in Bagnon market at Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (photo credit: ILRI/Valentin Bognan Koné). Donor investment in food safety in sub-Saharan Africa should have greater...
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‘We can’t modernize, regulate or train our way to food safety in Africa’—ILRI...
ILRI Clippings Written by Silvia Alonso Veterinary epidemiologist Silvia Alonso works at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), where she contributes to the food safety flagship of the...
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New research partnership to tackle the global problem of...
Sheep market in Doyogena, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet). To tackle a growing problem of rising antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries, CGIAR, a global research...
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New study examines drivers of bovine tuberculosis in smallholder peri-urban...
Farmer herds his three bulls in Nikhekhu Village, Dimapur, Nagaland, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Rapid urbanization in India has led to expansion of peri-urban fringes, where intensive,...
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Food safety and the Sustainable Development Goals
Makara market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/Hardisman Dasman). The safety of food is a global concern and it is widely acknowledged that there can be no food security without food...
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New case study presents nine-year follow-up of pilot project to improve food...
Goat in a market in Nigeria (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Foodborne disease is a major public health problem in poor countries, but we lack effective, sustainable and scalable approaches that work...
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Celebrating the inaugural #WorldFoodSafetyDay: A focus on food safety...
Food market near Khulungira Village, in central Malawi (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Today marks the first ever World Food Safety Day following the adoption in December 2018 of a resolution by the...
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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2018...
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) has published its 2018 annual report, highlighting program activities and research results from across A4NH’s five research...
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New study finds that urban wildlife may be a significant vector for...
Researchers entering sampling data (photo credit: Zoonoses and Emerging Diseases). In the cities of developing nations, where unregulated antibiotic use is common and livestock jostle with people amid...
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Celebrating World Zoonoses Day with a focus on ILRI’s research on zoonotic...
Taking sheep for disease testing in Bako, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Barbara Wieland). World Zoonoses Day is marked annually on 6 July to commemorate the day in 1885 when Louis Pasteur successfully...
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New review article tackles the question: Can aflatoxin binders in foods be...
There are too many issues with using lactic acid bacteria for aflatoxin binding for the practice to be safely promoted, according to a newly published review. The review adds that using aflatoxin...
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Researchers call for a gendered approach in strategies for community uptake...
The design of strategies for uptake of livestock vaccines by communities in East Africa should take into account that male and female farmers face different barriers in the uptake of the vaccines, a...
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ILRI researchers propose traceability system for Kenya’s smallholder pig...
A traceability system in the smallholder pig value chain in Kenya could help address challenges related to production, diseases, markets, pork safety and public health, according to a new study...
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New study explores the role of livestock products for nutrition in the first...
On World Food Day 2019, we highlight a recent article by scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute that summarizes the current state of knowledge on the role of livestock products...
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Celebrating Open Access Week 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s open access research...
Open Access Week is celebrated globally every year during the last complete week of October. To mark Open Access Week 2019, we highlight some recent open access research articles authored and...
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IMMANA announces call for applications for research grants on food systems...
The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) program has called for a third round of applications for its competitive research grants. The research grants are...
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Celebrating One Health Day 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s One Health research
One Health Day is a global campaign marked annually on 3 November to bring attention to the need for a One Health approach to address the shared health threats at the human–animal–environment...
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New study identifies factors affecting spread of brucellosis in humans and...
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that affects wildlife and livestock. People may get exposed to the disease through direct contact with an infected animal or consumption of raw or...
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