Search Results - "Environmental health"

La implementación de las Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas de los productores hortícolas periurbanos de General Rodríguez, en relación con el uso de agroquímicos by Bereterbide, Jacqueline

Get full text

A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia by Whitley, L., Hutchings, P., Cooper, S., Parker, A., Kebede, A., Joseph, S., Butterworth, J., van Koppen, Barbara, Mulejaa, A.

Get full text

A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition by Bruulsema, Tom, Cakmak, Ismail, Dobermann, Achim, Gerard, Bruno G., Majumdar, Kaushik, McLaughlin, Michael, Reidsma, Pytrik, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Zhang, Fusuo, Zhang, Xin

“…The coming 10-20 years will be most critical for making the transition to a global food system in which all stakeholders look at food and nutrients in a holistic manner, including their hidden environmental, health and socio-economic costs. Consumers as well as governments and other stakeholders need to support such a transformation because farmers and the industry supporting them will not be able to implement all of the required actions alone. …”
Get full text

International, transdisciplinary, and ecohealth action for sustainable agriculture in Asia by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Pham, G., Lam, S., Phuc Pham-Duc, Tung Dinh-Xuan, Jing, F., Kittayapong, P., Adisasmito, W., Zinsstag, Jakob, Grace, Delia

“…Sustainably intensifying agriculture to secure food for people, while minimizing the human, animal, and environmental health impacts is an unprecedented global food security challenge. …”
Get full text

Intervention protocol for reducing antimicrobial dependence in tilapia-dominant-fish farming system in Bangladesh by Rheman, Shafiq, Khor, Laura, Hossain, Sabrina, Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome, Chadag, Vishnumurthy Mohan

“…A One Health Initiative (OHI), “Protecting Human Health through a One Health Approach” aims to protect human, animal and environmental health by detecting, reducing and controlling the outbreak of zoonoses, foodborne diseases and AMR in low and middle-income countries. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the impacts of agricultural incentives on the performance of agricultural value chains by Kassie, Girma T., Martin, Will, Tokgoz, Simla

“…This research portfolio has created a foundation for future work relevant to the five Impact Areas of One CGIAR; namely, nutrition, health, and food security; poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs; gender equality, youth, and inclusion; climate adaptation and mitigation; and environmental health and biodiversity.…”
Get full text

Assessing willingness to pay for improved sanitation in rural Vietnam by Hoang Van Minh, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Nguyen Hoang Thanh, Jui-Chen Yang

Get full text

Submission from the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, to UNFCCC SBSTA 44 on issues related to agriculture in response to SBSTA decision FCC/SBSTA/2014/L by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Adaptation measures in agricultural systems also offer opportunity to achieve multiple cobenefits, for environmental health and mitigation.…”
Get full text

Insect pests affecting potatoes in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions by Kroschel, Jürgen, Mujica, N., Okonya, J., Alyokhin, A.

“…The high pesticide uses to control them is of high human and environmental health concern, and it is expected that this will be further exacerbated through impacts of climate change. …”
Get full text

Impacts Dashboard for Genetic Innovation by Demont, Matty, Lenaerts, Bert

“…The current version 2.0 features 93 indicators of Impact Opportunities across the five Impact Areas (Nutrition, Health and Food Security; Poverty Reduction, Livelihoods and Jobs; Gender Equality, Youth and Inclusion; Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; and Environmental Health and Biodiversity) and a cross-cutting category. …”
Get full text

Proceedings of a Workshop on Characterizing and Defining the Social and Economic Domains of Sustainable Diets by Comerford, Kevin, Arndt, Channing, Drewnowski, Adam, Ericksen, Polly J., Griffin, Tim, Hendrickson, Mary, Ingram, John, Nicholls, Jill

“…National Dairy Council convened experts in sociology, economics, human nutrition, food systems science, food security, environmental health, and sustainable agriculture for a one-day workshop to define the social and economic domains of sustainability in service of better characterizing food-based dietary guidance that is both healthy and sustainable. …”
Get full text

Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification by Blesh, Jennifer, Mehrabi, Zia, Wittman, Hannah, Bezner Kerr, Rachel, James, Dana, Madsen, Sidney, Smith, Olivia M., Snapp, Sieglinde S., Stratton, Anne Elise, Bakarr, Abram J., Bicksler, Mohamed, Galt, Ryan, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Grass, Ingo, Isaac, Marney E., John, Innocensia, Jones, Sarah K., Kennedy, Christina M., Klassen, Susanna, Levers, Christian, Vang Rasmussen, Laura, Kremen, Claire

“…Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental health, and food security. Yet, agricultural policies, financial incentives, and market concentration increasingly constrain the viability of diversified farming systems. …”
Get full text

On the feasibility of an agricultural revolution: Sri Lanka’s move to go 100% organic by Drechsel, Pay, Madhuwanthi, Piumi, Nisansala, Duleesha, Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Bandara, Thilini

“…The ban was justified by human and environmental health concerns, such as many cases of kidney failure in the central parts of Sri Lanka. …”
Get full text

The Use of Biologically Converted Agricultural Byproducts in Chicken Nutrition by Ababor, Sebsib, Tamiru, Metekia, Alkhtib, Ashraf, Wamatu, Jane, Kuyu, Chala, Teka, Tilahun, Lemlem Arega Terefe, Lemlem Arega Terefe, Burton, Emily

“…Upon recycling to make new products, the process contributes to socio-economic value and maintaining environmental health and paves the way for realizing energy security and a circular economy. …”
Get full text

Catalysing cleaner production systems: benchmarking with the COVID‑19 lockdowns in South Africa by Magidi, J., Nhamo, L., Kurwakumire, E., Gumindoga, W., Mpandeli, S., Liphadzi, S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Reducing air pollution to permissible levels fosters human and environmental health through reduced radiation, stabilised temperatures, and improved air quality. …”
Get full text

Gender considerations in One Health: a framework for researchers by Galiè, Alessandra, McLeod, A., Campbell, Zoë A., Ngwili, Nicholas, Terfa, Zelalem G., Thomas, Lian F.

“…Women, men, girls, and boys can be negatively affected by gender-based disadvantage in any of the three One Health domains (animal, human, and environmental health), and where this occurs in more than one domain the result may be a compounding of inequity. …”
Get full text

Too much of a good thing? Evidence that fertilizer subsidies lead to overapplication in Egypt by Kurdi, Sikandra, Mahmoud, Mai, Abay, Kibrom A., Breisinger, Clemens

“…Such overapplication of fertilizer is expected to adversely affect soil, water, and environmental health. Our findings have important policy implications for Egypt and other African countries known for input subsidy programs. …”
Get full text

Scaling antimicrobial resistance surveillance nationally: The case of the Fleming Fund in Kenya by Kasudi, Mitchelle R., Muloi, Dishon M., Murungi, Maurice K., Azegele, A., Ndanyi, R., Gunturu, R., Ombajo, L., Tanui, E., Onsare, R.S., Omuse, G., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…The One Health approach recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health, and that AMR can be spread between different species and environments. …”
Get full text

Namibia OH landscape: Challenges, opportunities and collaborative strategies by Angombe, Simon, Gorejena, Brighton, Freeman, Rachel J., Kashona, Hainushka D., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Caron, Alexandre, Hausiku, M., Mwanyengange, I., Richards, Shauna, Shivolo-Useb, S.

“…A baseline key informant survey conducted by Namibia’s project team revealed that participants acknowledged the significance of OH, particularly considering emerging and re-emerging diseases that affect humans, animals, plants, environmental health, and ecosystems. The cabinet’s recent approval of the Namibia Public Health Institute (NamPHI) is expected to enhance Namibia’s responses to public health threats. …”
Get full text

One Health landscape in Zimbabwe: Current status, challenges and opportunities for institutionalisation by Matope, Gift, Mugabe, P.H., Kapungu, F., Marimo, S., Nys, Hélène M. de, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Caron, Alexandre, Richards, Shauna, Chirenda, Joconiah

“…The areas that were identified as priority for research and innovation for Zimbabwe include neglected tropical diseases, food safety, zoonotic diseases and environmental health. The institutionalisation of OH would be required to strengthen the coordination, governance and long-term sustainability of implementation.…”
Get full text