Originally posted August 9, 2018 in the ASTI website blog. In the Indo-Pacific region—the latest area of ASTI work, supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)—one of ASTI’s strategic goals is to coordinate the implementation of an analytical research agenda focused on agricultural research investment capacities and policy developments. In July, the […] Source: APAARI-IFPRI Partnership in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Stories of Change in Nutrition Expands Focus to Vietnam
Vietnam, with its rapidly changing population, markets, incomes, education, and more, offers a host of learning opportunities for those studying development in nutrition and other areas, there and elsewhere around the world. After several years of growing political commitment, with more and more pledges and declarations and an increasing focus on data and on evidence, […]
Vietnam-Based Project to Design Key Maps and Tools for Managing Climate-Sensitive Diseases
On December 22, 2017, animal and human health experts gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam, to discuss ways of disseminating the findings and recommendations of a ‘Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos’, or Pestforecast project.
The Nexus Between One Health, Nutrition, and Food Safety
One Health is a useful paradigm for framing complex public health issues. Applying its approaches contributes to improvements in animal and human health, addressing new global and public health challenges collaboratively and improving veterinary and human health education and training. Hung Nguyen, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) regional representative for East and Southeast Asia, […]
Hanoi Workshop Held on Providing Safer Pork Products in Vietnam
A two-day workshop, held 7 and 8 September, 2017, titled ‘Improving food safety along the pork value chain—lessons learned and ways forward,’ was held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
