Project news
Two new 'One Health' projects launched to improve human health
 An August 2022 workshop in Hanoi kicked off two new projects—the CGIAR Initiative on Protecting Human Health through a One Health Approach and the ICT4Health project funded by the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The two projects will help improve human health by using the interdisciplinary One Health approach. More
Vietnam One Health research partnership opens fourth provincial field site
 On 4 August 2022, ILRI and partners launched the 4th field site of the Vietnam One Health research partnership in the Agriculture Services Centre in Phu Binh District, Thai Nguyen Province, at an inception meeting hosted by Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry (TUAF) and ILRI. More
Agroecology project supports capacity development for food safety in Laos and Vietnam
 In September 2022, ILRI and partners trained 20 Vietnamese and 55 Laotian stakeholders on food safety and food safety risk assessment. This training by the Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) project was among its efforts toward transforming the food systems in the Southeast Asia region. More
SAPLING initiative's stakeholder consultation proposes priority activities for northwest Vietnam
 In early October, a stakeholder engagement meeting was held in Mai Son District, Son La Province, with Vietnamese partners and farmers on the planned interventions of the ‘Chan-henh’ project which means ‘good and better’. This is the short name of the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity or SAPLING, that is working in the country. More
Cambodian taskforce scales up activities in line with country's new food safety law
 A taskforce of food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by ILRI met on 21 October 2022 in Phnom Penh to explore ways to facilitate collaboration between the authorities and researchers in Cambodia for safer food in the country. The meeting was co-hosted by the National Animal Health and Production Research Institute (NAHPRI) and ILRI as part of an ILRI-led component of the Agroecology and Safe food System Transitions, or ASSET project. More
Assessing and prioritizing wildlife value chains and transmission risk of zoonotic diseases in Vietnam
 Twenty-nine researchers and partners joined a consultation meeting in Hanoi on 8 December 2022 to collectively refine the research agenda for the Work Package 1 on zoonosis under the CGIAR Initiative on One Health. The experts supported the selection of interventions to minimize the risks of diseases transmitted from the wildlife to the human in Vietnam and mapped wildlife value chains for selecting species and identifying key zoonotic pathogens that can spill over to the human population. They also determined the risk pathway along the wildlife value chains and potential groups at risk in two provinces of Dong Nai (Mekong Delta) and Lao Cai (Northwest of Vietnam). More
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