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ILRI food safety research in East and Southeast Asia
1. ILRI food safety research in East and Southeast Asia
This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
(October 2016)
Fred Unger ● ILRI food safety and zoonoses scientist
f.unger@cgiar.org ● Rooms 301-302, B1 Building, Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound
298 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 4 32373995 ● Fax: +84 4 32373996
ilri.org ● asia.ilri.org
Research overview
ILRI’s research on food safety in East and Southeast Asia focuses on assessment
and mitigation of risks from food-borne diseases (FBDs), as well as the growing
concern over antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Together with project partners, ILRI scientists focus on assessing human and
economic costs of pork-borne diseases along pig value chains in Vietnam and
opportunities for risk management, the utility of risk-based approaches to food
safety and pork-borne diseases and the role of incentive-based innovations in
mitigating health risks.
ILRI also ensures that smallholder farmers/producers, who continue to
dominate the informal livestock sector, benefit from the results of evidence-
based research on food safety and zoonoses.
ILRI has supported the establishment and operation of a national taskforce for
research and training in food safety risk assessment
Key projects
• PigRISK. Reducing disease risks and improving food safety in
smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam
• Food safety taskforce project. Collaborative platform to address food
safety risk assessment research and training in Vietnam
• Food safety Risk assessment management of Vietnam. Collaboration
with the World Bank and development partner to analyse food safety
situation and provide recommendations
• Pestforecast. Aflatoxin research in maize
Key study sites in Vietnam
Provinces of Hung Yen, Son La, Nghe An, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Dong Nai,
Tien Giang and Binh Phuoc in Vietnam
Donors
CGIAR Research Program on A4NH
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
CGIAR Research Program on CCAFS
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
World Bank
Key partners
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR)
Department of Livestock Production (DLP)
Department of Animal Health (DAH)
Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)
Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural
Development (IPSARD)
• Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH)
• Chiang Mai University (CMU)
• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
• Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARDs) of
the provinces of Hung Yen, Nghe An and Dak Lak
October 2016