linking food security and health,controlling diseases to improve agricultural productivity

1. By
R.Djouaka, O. Coulibaly
IITA Benin

2. Food Security
How to increase productivity ?
-Land and water management
- Agricultural inputs
Agricultural
-Work productivity (Man Power)
Productivity
 Improved agricultural techniques and
technologies
 Appropriate and adapted mechanization
 Adequate water management and
Farmers Health irrigation systems
 Increased Pesticides/Fertilizers
utilization
 More labor and human migrations
Resulting Health issues
 Water borne diseases
 Occupational health risk
 Migration related diseases
Key Public Health Concerns
Malaria Pesticides HIV/AIDS
toxicology

3. Malaria
vector
control
Controlling malaria vectors in agriculture generated breeding sites
Reducing
Synthetic
Pesticides
Sensitizing farmers and developing Pant Based insecticides (PBI)
as alternative against agriculture pests and for vector control

4. Understanding
mechanisms of
insecticide 1
resistance
We analyze the implication of the massive use of
agricultural synthetic pesticides in the selection of
insecticide resistance in malaria vectors
Geno-toxicity
of pesticide 2
residues
We use the Allium Cepa model to analyze the chromosomal
aberrations likely to occur in farmers as a results of the
massive synthetic pesticides utilization.

5. Plant
Extractions 3
for PBI
Producing plant based Plant Based Insecticides (PBI)
for malaria vector control and agricultural pests
Local
production 4
of RUTF
Fighting malnutrition through locally produced
Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)