Poster prepared by D. Grace and J. McDermott for the 13th conference of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 20-24 August 2012.

1. The contribution of agricultural research to
managing zoonoses and foodborne diseases
Grace, D.1 and McDermott, J.2
1International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. 2International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
August 2012
Background
Agricultural innovation has allowed massive Impact pathway for agriculture
expansion of people and their animals. Yet, as the
Agriculture 4 Nutrition & Health
associated diseases
world population passed 7 billion in October 2011, This program has four components. One
more than one billion people remain malnourished component focuses on the human diseases
and more than 2 billion are sickened each year associated with agriculture, specifically:
from the food they ate. • Foodborne diseases
• Zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases
Millions more die from diseases that emerge from, • Other health risks in agro-ecosystems
or persist in, agricultural ecosystems: zoonoses and
diseases recently emerged from animals make up This component is led by the International Livestock
25% of the infectious disease burden in least Research Institute (ILRI).
developed countries and kill one in ten people who ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium which
live there. conducts livestock, food and environmental
The relation between food, farming and health is Three major impact pathways research. Our headquarters are in Nairobi and we
1. Value chains that make more nutritious
complex (Figure 1), and requires sophisticated and safer foods accessible to the poor
have offices across Africa, South Asia and South East
solutions. 2. Stronger and more effective development Asia (Figure 2).
programs
3. Enabling policy
Figure 1: Interactions between agriculture and health
test Figure 2: Location of ILRI offices
Land allocation - India
+
to feed
Traction, nutrient
- Food Crop
Production
ILRI IN BRIEF Mali
 700 staff: 100 scientists and
cycling +
+
Animal & +
Food Crop
Animals +
Animal
Production
+ Product Sales Sales
Food Crop
researchers
 54% from developing countries
+ Owned + + Purchases
+
Labor Allocated to China
HH +
Livestock Income
Health
 more than 30 scientific disciplines
+ test Vietnam
Inputs Chronic
HH ASF
Disease Risk + +
+ Consumption +
+ ASF (Female) Caregiver
 2012 budget USD 60 million
Probability of + Income
Environmental Toxin Purchases
Zoonotic Disease
Concentration +
Nutrient Laos
 ILRI works with a range of
Interactions - +
+ - Nigeria
- - + HH Crop
Consumption
Health Status Nutritional +
(Child)
Dietary + Pictures research & development partners
(Growth) Status Intake Mozambique
+ + Cognitive
+ +
Wage Labour by
 across 7 CGIAR research Kenya
- Performance
+
Total Labor
+
AIDS
Complications +
Level of
Care/Feeding
Behaviour
-
(Female) Caregiver
- programs Ethiopia Thailand
Demands
Hired
Epidemiologists, modelers, one health practitioners
Labor -
Labor Demands on
+ (Female) Caregiver
wanted…….
Arrows between variables indicate hypothesized causal relationships. The + or - signs indicate hypothesized direction of effects.
A new program
The CGIAR is a consortium of 15 international This is a new program with ambitions to dramatically
research organisations founded in the last four
decades to reduce rural poverty, increase food
expand agricultural research for improving human health.
security, improve human health and nutrition,
and ensure more sustainable management of We are keen to attract high-performing post-doctoral, entry-
natural resources.
level and senior scientists with experience and/or interest
The CGIAR centers have come together to work in
15 CGIAR Research Programs. For the first time
in working with multi-disciplinary teams in developing
ever, a program is devoted to leveraging countries to innovate solutions at the interface of human,
agriculture for improved human health and
nutrition. animal and agro-ecosystem health.
This CGIAR research program is designed to fill
the existing gap between agricultural
For more information, see our website www.ilri.org
development and its unfulfilled health and We encourage you to contact ILRI scientists directly to learn more about our
nutritional benefits. it is led by the International program and opportunities to work at ILRI. All contacts on www.ilri.org.
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Delia Grace
d.grace@cgiar.org
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