ILRI’s key programs to address infectious diseases,
areas requiring international cooperation, and plans for cooperation
with the Republic of Korea
Fred Unger, Hu Suk Lee, Edward Okoth, Bernard Bett and Hung Nguyen
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Global ODA Forum for Sustainable Agricultural Development
22 November 2022
Seoul, South Korea

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One CGIAR: New collaborative process since 2021
Aiming for: More synergies among centres, joint resources & higher impact
One voice with partners
Regional scope: 6 regions worldwide (as in the map)
ILRI: Remains as a legal entity but fully integrated into One CGIAR
ILRI is part of CGIAR
For 50 years, CGIAR has been a leader in agricultural
science and innovation for development
Operating in >100 countries, > 3,000 partners

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ILRI is co-hosted by both the
governments of Ethiopia and Kenya,
with offices in 12 other countries,
among this 4 countries in Asia
(China, India, Nepal and Vietnam).
ILRI has approximately 600
permanent staff (40% female and
60% male).
Capacity building (by year):
✓ 80 Research fellows
✓ 150 MSc, PhD fellows
✓ 50 Interns
ILRI offices and
staff worldwide
ILRI Reginal Office for East and SEA (Hanoi)
- 23 staff (including 4 expats, 3 PHD students)
- Vets, geneticists, economist, gender, M&E
Sustainable Livestock Systems
Animal and Human Health
Livestock Genetics

Key programs to address infectious diseases (including zoonoses, food safety & AMR)
Better lives through livestock
• Importance of livestock and challenges
• Programs on zoonoses, AMR and food safety (One Health framework)
• Animal health with emphasis on African swine fever

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Importance of Livestock
Demand for livestock derived food will keep growing
Projections based on IMPACT model, Dolapo Enahoro (ILRI)
• Demand for milk, meat, eggs is increasing
fastest in LMICs driven by population, rising
incomes and urbanization
• 70% of livestock-derived foods consumed
in LMICs are
• Produced on small-scale farms
• Sourced in informal markets
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Percentage changes in demand 2010 to 2030
Especially in LMICs

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Programs on zoonoses, AMR and food safety
Global challenges
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a
growing problem
Food safety: large burden
comparable to tuberculosis,
malaria, and HIV/AIDS, but
small investment

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Selected major ILRI initiatives on zoonoses, food safety and AMR
AFRICA
• COHESA - One Health in Eastern and Southern
Africa (EU OACPS), 2021-2025
• BUILD Uganda, 2019-2025, BMZ
• JPI AMR, SRL, EU funded,
• MoreMilk BMGF
• OHRECA, One Health Centre in Africa, BMZ
• AMR, Fleming Fund (Africa and Asia)
• POLOH Poultry &One Health
• Covid-19 genomic surveillance in Africa, RF
• CGIAR One Health (OH) Initiative, 2022-2024
More on One Health @ILRI at www.ilri.org/one-health
Southeast Asia
• MM Project, 2018-2021. Vietnam, Swedish Research Link
• Safe Food Fair Food, 2017-2020, Cambodia, USAID
• SafePORK, 2017-2022, Vietnam, ACIAR
• ICT4Health, 2022-2025, Vietnam, MAFRA
• CGIAR OH Initiative, 2022-2024 (7 countries, including Vietnam)
Key thematic areas
• Epidemics/pandemics caused by (re)-emerging viruses
• Endemic zoonoses
• Food-borne diseases
• Antimicrobial Resistance

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One CGIAR initiatives on One Health
to protect human health by improving detection, prevention, and control of zoonoses,
foodborne diseases and AMR in LMICs
WP 1 Zoonoses WP 2 Food Safety

A decade of food safety research in the region making traditional markets safer
Vietnam (intervention) SafePORK
1. training & minor equipment
Slaughter (10) Retail
Slaughter: Grid, separate clean/dirty area,
cleaning/disinfection (300-1000$)
Retail: Hygienic cutting board, separate
(fresh/cooked), cleaning/disinfection (35$)
Cambodia (intervention) SFFF
1. training & minor equipment
Retail (RCT, 360 retailers)
Hygienic cutting board, separate
(fresh/cooked), cleaning/disinfection, easy to
clean surface (25$)
2. Incentives: Scoring system, auction survey 2. Incentives: Certificate and poster
3. Enabling environment: Local authorities support
(6/10 SH certified, 4 more underway)
3. Enabling environment
Strong support by national & local authorities
Improved food safety outcome (Salmonella) in both countries
but differences by, and within country
Photo credit: Unger, Chi
Nguyen, R Chea /ILRI
Supporting tools:
-Manuals, briefs, nudges
-Formative research
-Training >800pax
Assessment (using FS performance tool, QMRA, COI): FS challenges in modern & traditional retail

Vietnam: Research to impact – Food safety
Created in 2015 at a
request of the DMP and
convened under his
auspices
(ILRI current chair)
SafePORK/SFFF Cambodia:
• Low-cost interventions can make traditional retail safer
• Risk assessment and communication capacity building
Related impact (Vietnam)
• Master plan framework for the OHP of Vietnam, 2021
• UN Food System summit, Vietnam, 2021
• National Action Plan for Food System Transformation, 2022
Taking up by larger
initiatives

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Vietnam: One Health field sites and labs to tackle zoonoses, AMR and food safety
Fourth provincial field site, Thai Nguyen province, 3 August 2022
Academia, research institutions, local authorities, CGIAR & private sector
- Research around AMR, One Health, rabies, pork safety …
- OH capacity building and “learning by doing” case studies
- Scientific publications
Photo credit: Chi Nguyen

Animal health research with emphasis on African swine fever (ASF)
Better lives through livestock
Photo credit: Chi Nguyen

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Selected research on African Swine Fever
Africa
Projects:
✓ Epidemiology and control of ASF
✓ Development of a Safe DIVA vaccine
✓ Pig value chain development
Outputs:
✓ Pig Value Chain understanding
✓ Enhanced capability for the disease
surveillance (e.g., mobile PCR pen-side test)
Southeast Asia
Projects:
✓ Monitoring of clinical and epidemiological features
of ASF (Virus threshold, transmission models)
✓ Economic impact of ASF
✓ SAPLING (Low-costs biosecurity improvement)
Outputs:
✓ Risk pathways and risk factors identified
✓ Recommendations on compensation schemes
✓ Demonstration farms (SAPLING)
Major challenges & gaps
• Availability and quality of diagnostic assays
• So far, no scalable ASF vaccine
• Feasible low-cost biosecurity approaches (e.g., small-scale sector)

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CGIAR ILRI’s comparative advantage
• Interdisciplinary research team covering wide range of expertise
(vet, public health, economist, climate change, feed, genetics, M&E/impact
and social science including gender)
• ILRI works through partners
➢ Well connected network (national, regional and international)
➢ Active MOU with more than 20 partners in the region (currently, KT,
AIDKR and CNU (upcoming) in South Korea)
• ILRI researcher are members in relevant expert panels and
working groups
➢ WHO expert panel traditional markets in ASEAN
➢ Working groups & partnerships
➢ Wildlife Alliances

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CGIAR ILRI’s comparative advantage
• The only CG centre doing research entirely on livestock systems
• Research across CGIAR centres covering entire food systems
• Profound experience on research targeting small scale farming
systems and traditional livestock value chains
• Novel approaches/tools/strategies developed and/or tested
➢ Participatory risk assessment and epidemiology
➢ Proven approach to de-risk traditional markets
➢ Behavioural nudges to support interventions
➢ Women's Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI)
➢ Operating One Health Resource Centres and field sites
➢ ILRI One Health Strategy recently launched
• Documented impact on livestock systems

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Areas in need of international cooperation
Explore opportunities to provide technical guidance to LMICs for sustainable livestock
management through resilience program and activities
Explore collaboration related to post-COVID-19 recovery through One Health approaches
• Scientific assessment of zoonotic diseases and related emerging infectious diseases
Develop scientific knowledge on emerging issues relevant to the livestock sector and
technical support on ecofriendly decision-making and policy
Design tools and approaches to reduce the environmental impact of livestock systems and
identify way of One health intervention in these systems to spur investment and
innovations
Participant in joint outreach, communication and capacity development activities

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Plans for cooperation with the Republic of Korea
ICT in livestock with
government agencies,
academia and private
sectors
- Conduct a pilot study for
smart farm
- Develop ICT engaged-
traceability & food safety
along the VC
- Develop e-training and
risk communication
- Monitor infectious
disease and
antimicrobial resistance
pathogens
Disease control and
prevention with
private sectors and
academia
- Develop disease
diagnostic tools
- Develop new drugs and
vaccines
- Assist implementing
regulatory policies and
monitoring progress
- Animal welfare
Research and
capacity building with
academia and
institutes
- Develop joint research
cooperation
- Establish One Health
research center & field sites
- Organize
seminars/workshop and
academic sessions
- Coordinate long & short-
term staff and student
exchange programs
Cross cutting aspects: Gender & equity, Climate change, Animal welfare and Theory of change
To support the development of sustainable livestock value chain, ecofriendly
production and integrated animal/human health in LMICs

All photos: ILRI & NIVR 2020-2022