Managing the health risks associated with agriculture: An overview of research by the International Livestock Research Institute
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Lore, T.A. and Grace, D. 2014. Managing the health risks associated with agriculture: An overview of research by the International Livestock Research Institute. Poster presented at Tropentag 2014, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
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Over 60 per cent of the newly identified infectious diseases that have affected people
over the past few decades have been caused by pathogens originating from animals
or animal products. In agricultural areas that use more water, people face increased
risk of infectious diseases, especially through zoonotic diseases (diseases transmissible
from animals to people) as well as water-borne and vector-borne diseases.
The CGIAR research program on agriculture for nutrition and health (A4NH) carries
out research to maximize the nutritional and health benefits of agricultural
development. The program has four research themes: value chains, biofortification,
control of agriculture-associated diseases, and integrated programs and policies.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) leads the research theme on the
prevention and control of agriculture-associated diseases. Key areas of focus of this
theme are:
● food safety: participatory risk assessment in milk and meat value chains in
informal markets as well as risk and economic assessment of aflatoxins
● neglected zoonoses: epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease
emergence in urban areas
● emerging infectious diseases: mapping the risk of vector-borne diseases;
determining the drivers of disease emergence and transmission; and modelling
of disease transmission to improve decision-making towards preventing and
controlling diseases
The research outputs will be used by value chain actors, policymakers, development
program implementers and governments to improve animal-source food value chains
and prevent and control infectious diseases. Ultimately, this will lead to improved
nutrition and health, especially among women and children.